# Justifying Utopia - Portail Universitaire du droit

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> Description : justifying utopia, a legal history of the international peace movement (1815–1873), présentation de l’éditeur when and why did international law ...

## Parution

*A Legal History of the International Peace Movement (1815–1873)*

- **ISBN** : 978-9-004-73364-0
- **Éditeur** : Brill

## Résumé

Présentation de l’éditeur
When and why did international law begin to oppose war? For centuries, sovereignty implied the right to wage war. Yet over the past hundred years, a remarkable succession of treaties, courts, and organisations sprang to life that sought to prohibit war. From a fringe ambition, the ideal of ‘peace through law’ became the foundation of international law. This book traces part of this evolution back to the small peace movement of the early nineteenth century, recounting how the earliest organised pacifists built their legal case against war. The stories of this diverse social movement are told from numerous perspectives, and each sheds further light on how ordinary men and women helped lay the groundwork for one of the greatest shifts in legal thinking about peace and war.
 
Sommaire
IntroductionChapter 1 United States (1815–1848)Chapter 2 Britain (1815–1856)Chapter 3 Switzerland (1830–1839)Chapter 4 France (1815–1867)Chapter 5 Internationalising the movement (1848–1851)Chapter 6 Trials of the Anglo-American Movement (1848–1873)Chapter 7 Rise of a European Movement (1867–1873)Conclusion


## Métadonnées

- **Catégorie** : Parutions
- **Publié** : 2025-07-10

## Tags

Droit de la guerre, Droit international, Droit privé, Droit public, Histoire du droit, Histoire du droit, Mouvements sociaux, Souveraineté

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