Carl Schmitt and Francisco de Vitoria - (Legal History Library) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book is the first multi-author volume to explore the Vitoria-Schmitt nexus in the history and theory of international law, bringing together two classic authors whose ideas continue to shape international law and political thought well into the 21st century.

Book Synopsis

What could the critically-labelled 'crown jurist of the Third Reich' and a 16th-century Dominican friar at Salamanca University--long revered as the founding father of international law during the age of discovery--possibly share? This pioneering multi-author volume is the first to examine the Vitoria-Schmitt nexus in the history and theory of international law, bringing together two classic thinkers whose radically different yet profoundly influential ideas continue to shape international law and political thought well into the 21st century.

Contributors are: Paolo Amorosa, André Azevedo Alves, Joseph W. Bendersky, José María Beneyto, Ignacio de la Rasilla, Lauren Benton, Leonor Durão Barroso, Maximiliano Hernández Marcos, Ryan Martinez Mitchell, David Pan, Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín, Juan Pablo Scarfi, Ville Suurone, Christopher Rossi, David Roth-Isigkeit, Johannes Thumfart, Jochen Von Bernstorff, Valentina Vadi, and Miguel Vatter.

About the Author

José María Beneyto, Ph.D. (1982) & Ph.D. (1986), Münster University, is Jean Monnet Chair and Professor of International Law, European Law, and International Relations at CEU San Pablo University in Madrid, as well as Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard University.

Ignacio de la Rasilla, Ph.D. (2011), University of Geneva, is Han Depei Chair in International Law and 'One Thousand Talents Plan Professor' at the Wuhan University Institute of International Law and the Wuhan Academy of International Law and Global Governance in China.