It is commonly believed that international law originated in relations among European states that respected one another as free and equal. In fact, as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged at least as much through Europeans’ domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy still visible in the unequal structures of today’s international ...(展开全部)

It is commonly believed that international law originated in relations among European states that respected one another as free and equal. In fact, as Jennifer Pitts shows, international law was forged at least as much through Europeans’ domineering relations with non-European states and empires, leaving a legacy still visible in the unequal structures of today’s international ...(展开全部)

维克多·普莱斯考特，地理学家，澳大利亚墨尔本大学荣誉教授，澳大利亚社会科学院院士，陆地和海洋边界地理领域的权威专家。 吉莉安·D. 崔格斯，国际法学家，澳大利亚人权委员会主席，悉尼大学荣誉教授，曾任悉尼大学法学院院长、教授。

The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept--the prisoner of war. For centuries, hundreds of thousands of captives, civilians and soldiers alike, crossed the legal and social boundaries of these empires, destined for either ransom or enslavement. But in the eighteenth century, the Otto...(展开全部)

The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept--the prisoner of war. For centuries, hundreds of thousands of captives, civilians and soldiers alike, crossed the legal and social boundaries of these empires, destined for either ransom or enslavement. But in the eighteenth century, the Otto...(展开全部)

汉斯·凯尔森（Hans Kelsen，1881～1973），出生于布拉格，原籍奥地利。1911年起任教于维也纳大学，曾参加1920年奥地利共和国宪法的起草。1920～1930年任奥地利最高宪法法院法官。1940年开始流亡美国，后加入美国籍。先后在哈佛大学和加利福尼亚大学执教。他的著作丰富，曾被译成二十多种语言。

汉斯·凯尔森（Hans Kelsen，1881～1973），出生于布拉格，原籍奥地利。1911年起任教于维也纳大学，曾参加1920年奥地利共和国宪法的起草。1920～1930年任奥地利最高宪法法院法官。1940年开始流亡美国，后加入美国籍。先后在哈佛大学和加利福尼亚大学执教。他的著作丰富，曾被译成二十多种语言。

The first international law handbook and a practioners' guide for diplomats.