Sovereignty : moral and historical perspectives

Sovereignty : moral and historical perspectives / James Turner Johnson.

Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held swa...

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Main Author: Johnson, James Turner
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2014.
Series:JSTOR Open Access Ebooks.
Subjects:
Sovereignty > Social aspects.
Sovereignty > History.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I: Sovereign authority and the right to use armed force in classic just war traditions. Sovereignty as responsibility: the coming together and development of a tradition
  • Sovereign authority and the justified use of force in Thomas Aquinas and his early modern successors
  • Sovereign authority and the justified use of force in Luther and the Reformation
  • Grotius and his impact: the Westphalian settlement, the idea of the "law of nations", and the emergence of the territorial idea of sovereignty
  • Transitions in the conception of sovereignty
  • pt. II: Engaging the Westphalian idea of sovereignty. Finding common ground in the diversity of civilizations
  • The two conceptions of sovereignty and the "responsibility to protect" doctrine.

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