The nature of customary law / edited by Amanda Perreau-Saussine and James Bernard Murphy.

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Other Authors: Perreau-Saussine, Amanda, Murphy, James Bernard, 1958-
Other title:Nature of customary law : legal, historical and philosophical perspectives.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • The character of customary law : an introduction / Amanda Perreau-Saussine and James Bernard Murphy
  • PART I : CUSTOM AND MORALITY : NATURAL LAW, CUSTOMARY LAW AND IUS GENTIUM: Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law / Frederick Schauer
  • The moral role of conventions / Ross Harrison
  • Habit and convention at the foundation of custom / James Bernard Murphy
  • Custom, ordinance and natural right in Gratian's Decretum / Jean Porter
  • Vitoria and Suarez on ius gentium, natural law, and custom / Brian Tierney
  • Custom and positivity : an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy / Christoph Kletzer
  • PART II : CUSTOM AND LAW : CUSTOM, COMMON LAW AND CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW: Custom in medieval law / David Ibbetson
  • Siege warfare in the Early Modern Age : a study on the customary laws of war / Randall Lesaffer
  • The idea of common law as custom / Alan Cromartie
  • Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law : textbooks and the nature of customary international law / Amanda Perreau-Saussine
  • Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth century / Michael Lobban
  • Custom in international law : a normative practice account / Gerald J. Postema
  • Customary international law and the quest for global justice / John Tasioulas.