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Author Beaulac, Stéphane, 1971-

Title The power of language in the making of international law : the word sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the myth of Westphalia / Stéphane Beaulac.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 200 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Developments in international law ; v. 46
Developments in international law ; v. 46.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Contents ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I: GROUNDWORK: WORDS, MYTHS, POWER""; ""CHAPTER 1: THE FUNCTION OF WORDS""; ""1.1. Meaning is Meaningless""; ""1.2. Creating and Transforming Language""; ""CHAPTER 2: THE LOGIC OF MYTHOLOGY""; ""2.1. Origin Myths""; ""2.2. Myths and Mythical Reality""; ""2.3. Myths as Social Power""; ""2.4. Summary""; ""GROUNDWORK EPILOGUE""; ""PART II: LANGUAGE: AN ""INWARD-OUTWARD"" APPROACH""; ""CHAPTER 3: DECONSTRUCTING DECONSTRUCTION""; ""3.1. Deconstructionist Analysis""; ""3.2. Deconstructionist Strategy""; ""3.3. Summary""
""CHAPTER 4: THE HERMENEUTICS OF HERMENEUTICS""""4.1. The Traditional Hermeneutics""; ""4.2. The First Critique of Hermeneutics""; ""4.3. The Modern Hermeneutics""; ""4.4. The Second Critique of Hermeneutics""; ""4.5. Summary""; ""PART III: THE SOCIAL POWER OF THE MYTH OF WESTPHALIA""; ""CHAPTER 5: THE ""WESTPHALIAN STATE"" SYSTEM""; ""5.1. Heteronomous Organisation and Transcendental Institutions""; ""5.2. Dynamics and War of Religion and Politics""; ""5.3. The Peace Treaties""; ""5.4. Westphalia's Aftermath""; ""5.5. Summary""; ""PART IV: THE SOCIAL POWER OF THE WORD SOVEREIGNTY""
""CHAPTER 6: BODIN'S SOVEREIGNTY: POWER-CENTRALISER""""6.1. Immediate Personal Context""; ""6.2. The Discourse in Les six Livres de la Republique""; ""6.3. Extended Historical Context""; ""6.4. Summary""; ""CHAPTER 7: VATTEL'S SOVEREIGNTY: AUTHORITY-EXTERNALISER""; ""7.1. Immediate Personal Context""; ""7.2. The Discourse in Le Droit des Gens""; ""7.3. Extended Historical Context""; ""7.4. Summary""; ""CONCLUSION""
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Subject Sovereignty -- History.
Sovereignty.
History.
Sovereignty -- Language.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Beaulac, Stéphane. Power of language in the making of international law. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ©2004 (DLC) 2004044915
ISBN 9004136983 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9789004136984 (hardback ; acid-free paper)
9781429414548 (electronic book)
1429414545 (electronic book)