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Sovereignty

Johnson, James Turner,

Sovereignty moral and historical perspectives / [electronic resource] : James Turner Johnson. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (181 pages)) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.

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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Sovereignty--History.
Sovereignty--Social aspects.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

JC327 / .J55 2014

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