The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870 1960

By Martti Koskenniemi

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521548098
• ISBN13: 9780521548090
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"