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1 online resource (ix, 338 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Custom and morality: natural law, customary law and ius gentium -- Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law / Frederick Schauer -- Moral role of conventions / Ross Harrison -- Habit and convention at the foundation of custom / James Bernard Murphy -- Custom, ordinance and natural right in Gratian's Decretum / Jean Porter -- Vitoria and Suarez on ius gentium, natural law, and custom / Brian Tierney -- Custom and positivity: an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy / Christoph Kletzer. |
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pt. 2. Custom and the law: custom, common law and customary international law -- Custom in medieval law / David Ibbetson -- Siege warfare in the early modern age: a study on the customary laws of war / Randall Lesaffer -- Idea of common law as custom / Alan Cromartie -- Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law: textbooks and the nature of customary international law / Amanda Perrau-Saussine -- Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth century / Michael Lobban -- Custom in international law: a normative practice account / Gerald J. Postema -- Customary international law and the quest for global justice / John Tasioulas. |
Summary |
A group of philosophers, historians and lawyers assess the nature and significance of customary law. |
Access |
Electronic resource (access conditions). |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Customary law.
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Customary law. |
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Customary law -- Philosophy.
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Customary law -- Philosophy. |
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Customary law -- History.
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History. |
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Customary law, International.
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Customary law, International. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Perreau-Saussine, Amanda.
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Murphy, James Bernard, 1958-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Nature of customary law. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2007 9780521875110 0521875110 (DLC) 2007279134 (OCoLC)74523320 |
ISBN |
9780511275661 (electronic book) |
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0511275668 (electronic book) |
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0521875110 (cloth) |
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9780521875110 (cloth) |
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0511274963 (electronic book) |
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9780511274961 (electronic book) |
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9780511493744 (ebook) |
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0511493746 (ebook) |
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1280815841 |
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9781280815843 |
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9780511274220 |
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051127422X |
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9780511273438 |
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0511273436 |
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9780521115568 (paperback) |
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