Academic

Bederman on International Law in the Ancient World

By Lawrence Solum

David J. Bederman (Emory University School of Law) has posted International Law in the Ancient World on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

This brief contribution to THE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW assesses the historiographic literature about the idea that ancient State systems predicated their relations on the rule of law.

It examines ancient practices in relation to diplomatic privileges and immunities, treaty conclusion and observance, and the initiation and limitation of armed conflict. This contribution is based on the author's previous volume, INTERNATIONAL LAW IN ANTIQUITY (Cambridge University Press 2001).

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).