The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870–1960 by Martti Koskenniemi

The Gentle Civilizer of Nations: The Rise and Fall of International Law 1870–1960

Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures

Martti Koskenniemi

584 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Koskenniemi traces the emergence of a liberal sensibility relating to international matters in the late 19th century, and its subsequent decline after the Second World War. He combines legal analysis, historical and political critique and semi-bio...

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