The Roman foundations of the law of nations Alberico Gentili and the justice of empire / [electronic resource] :
edited by Benedict Kingsbury, Benjamin Straumann.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 382 p.)
This text explores ways in which both the theory and the practice of international politics was built upon Roman private and public law foundations on a variety of issues including the organisation and limitation of war, peace settlements embassies, commerce, and shipping.