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The Nature of Customary Law Legal, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Perreau-Saussine, Amanda; Murphy, James B.; Murphy, James B.; Murphy, James B.
ISBN-10: 0521115566
ISBN-13: 9780521115568

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Amanda Perreau-Saussine is University Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Newnham College.
List of contributors
Table of cases
The character of customary law: an introduction
Custom and Morality: Natural Law, Customary Law, And Ius Gentium
Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law
The moral role of conventions
Habit and convention at the foundation of custom
Custom, ordinance and natural right in Gratian's 'Decretum'
Vitoria and Suarez on Ius Gentium, natural law, and custom
Custom and positivity: an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy
Custom and Law: Custom, Common Law, and Customary International Law
Custom in medieval law
Siege warfare in the early modern age: a study on the customary laws of war
The idea of common law as custom
Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law: textbooks and the nature of customary international law
Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth century
Custom in international law: a normative practice account
Customary international law and the quest for global justice
Index of names

James B. Murphy is Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.

Edition: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding: Trade Paper
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.48 lbs.
Language: English

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