The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870 1960 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521548090)

Koskenniemi traces the emergence of a liberal sensibility relating to international matters in the late 19th century, and its subsequent decline after the Second World War. He combines legal analysis, historical and political critique and semi-biographical studies of key figures, including Hersch Lauterpacht, Carl Schmitt and Hans Morgenthau. Finally, his discussion of legal and political realism at American law schools ends in a critique of post-1960 "instrumentalism". This wide-ranging study provides a unique reflection on the future of critical international law.

Author: Martti Koskenniemi
ISBN-10: 0521548098
ISBN-13: 9780521548090
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2004
Pages: 584
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d