A Normative Approach to War: Peace, War, and Justice in Hugo Grotius

by Onuma Yasuaki (Editor)

Overview

This work presents a scholarly commentary and critique of Hugo Grotius' De Jure Belli ac Pacis. It shows that, far from being a bookish theoretician indulging in the construction of an abstract system, Grotius ultimately aimed to create a practically oriented treatise focusing on "regulating and restraining war." It also re-examines the historiography of international law with its anachronistic Eurocentric bias.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198257097
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/26/1993
Pages:	440
Product dimensions:	5.69(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.31(d)

Table of Contents

	Editorial Policy	xiv
	List of Figures	xvii
	Contributors and Collaborators	xviii
	Introduction	1
1.	Grotius's Method: With Special Reference to Prolegomena	11
1.1.	Introduction	11
1.2.	Dialectic of Law	14
1.3.	The Construction of a Jurisprudence: Grotius's Attempt to Systematize Law	20
1.4.	The Prolegomena and the Design of JBP	24
2.	Grotius's Concept of Law	32
2.1.	Introduction	32
2.2.	Jus	32
2.3.	Natural Law and Volitional Law	38
2.4.	Basic Legal Concepts	47
2.5.	The Relation between Various Laws	51
2.6.	Conclusion	55
3.	War	57
3.1.	Definition and Lawfulness of War	57
3.2.	Just Causes of War	77
3.3.	Authors of War	98
4.	State and Governing Power	122
4.1.	Introduction	122
4.2.	The State	125
4.3.	Supreme Governing Power	133
4.4.	The Right of Resistance and Subordinate Rulers	143
4.5.	Conclusion	144
5.	Dominium and Imperium	147
5.1.	Introduction	147
5.2.	The Evolution of Dominium and Rights Common to All Men: 11. ii	148
5.3.	Original Acquisition of the Right over Corporeal Things: 11. iii and iv	151
5.4.	Original Acquisition of the Right over Persons: 11. v	156
5.5.	Derivative Acquisition: 11. vi and vii	159
5.6.	Acquisition under the Law of Nations: 11. viii	164
5.7.	Extinction of Dominium and of Imperium: 11. ix	166
5.8.	Obligations Arising from Dominium: 11. x	167
5.9.	Conclusion: Grotius as the 'Father of Private Law Theory Based on Natural Law'	167
6.	Agreement	174
6.1.	Introduction	174
6.2.	The History of the Concept of the Binding Force of Agreements	176
6.3.	Grotius's Theory of Promise and Agreement	187
6.4.	Evaluation of the Theory of Agreement in JBP	211
7.	Punishment	221
7.1.	Introduction	221
7.2.	Punishment in General	223
7.3.	Punitive War	231
7.4.	Conclusion	240
8.	The Laws of War	244
8.1.	Significance and Structure of the Laws of War	244
8.2.	Rules of Natural Law	247
8.3.	The Scope and Application of the Law of Nations	252
8.4.	External Effects under the Law of Nations	257
8.5.	Demands for Internal Justice in an Unjust War	272
9.	Temperamenta (Moderation)	276
9.1.	The Problem	276
9.2.	Unjust War	277
9.3.	Temperamenta	281
9.4.	The Law of Nations, Internal Justice, and the Law of Love	294
9.5.	Grotius and the Laws of War in Modern International Law	304
10.	Agreements between Nations: Treaties and Good Faith with Enemies	308
10.1.	Introduction	308
10.2.	Treaties and Sponsions (Public Agreements)	309
10.3.	Fides between Enemies	315
10.4.	Admonitions to Preserve Faith and Peace	328
10.5.	Conclusion	330
11.	Conclusion: Law Dancing to the Accompaniment of Love and Calculation	333
11.1.	JBP: A Book with a Practical Aim	333
11.2.	The Realities of War in JBP	334
11.3.	Grotius's Normative Approach	338
11.4.	A Multi-layered Normative Structure	340
11.5.	'Systematic' Presentation of Just Causes of War	351
11.6.	The Position of JBP in the History of International Law	357
Appendix	Eurocentrism in the History of International Law	371
	Bibliography	387
	Subject Index	413
	Name Index	419
	Index of Latin Terms	420