"Bellum iustum" and "liberum ius ad bellum" in 19th century international legal discourse: deconstructing a myth
In early modernity, the theory of just war (bellum iustum) was contested by alternative normative approaches to justify war. Faced with the empirical problem of impartially deciding when competing ‘justice’ claims were made, the moral criterion of just cause (iusta causa) lost its plausibility to ma...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2017]
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Ethical perspectives
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-106 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Just war
/ Martial law (International law)
/ History 1800-1900
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RelBib Classification: | NCD Political ethics XA Law |
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