Christianity and international law : an introduction / John D. Haskell and Pamela Slotte -- The Byzantine Commonwealth and the emerging features of a law of nations in the first millennium / Peter Petkoff -- Christianity and the birth of ambassadorial deontology : some historical notes / Tiziana Faitini and Dante Fedele -- Formation and refiguration of the canon law on trade with infidels (c.1200 - c.1600) / Stefan Stantchev -- God, sovereignty, and the morality of intervention outside Europe / David M. Lantigua -- The significance of Christian charity to international law / Jennifer L. Beard -- Hugo Grotius : on freedom of the seas and human nature / Roland Boer -- Ius gentium et naturae : the human conscience and early modern international law / Janne E. Nijman -- Legalizing antisemitism? The legacy of Savigny's roman(tic) law / Reut Yael Paz -- Missionary knowledge and the empirical foundations of modern international legal thought / Jedidiah J. Kroncke -- Standards for a righteous and civilized world : religion and America's emergence as a global power / Andrew Preston -- International Protestantism and its changing religious freedoms / Udi Greenberg -- Beyond the freedom of worship : the contested meaning of religious freedom in international human rights law and politics, 1945-1967 / Linde Lindkvist -- Process theology and a pluralistic foundation for human rights / Mark C. Modak-Truran -- Christianity and human rights law : Orthodox perspectives / Elena Namli -- Conquest, sacred sites, and "religion" in a time of crisis / Nathaniel Berman -- Constantine's legacy : preserving empire while undermining international law / Craig B. Mousin -- Hopelessly practicing law : asylum seekers, advocates, and hostile jurisdictions / Silas W. Allard -- The hidden theology of international legal positivism / Akbar Rasulov.
Summary:
"The interplay between Christianity and International Law... The terms 'Christianity' and 'International Law', as well as their relationship to each other, are not easy to understand - at least where there might be consensus. The aim here is to diagnose the elusiveness of these phenomena, why this is important to understand, and to set the stage for further investigations. So why is it that we cannot come to a consensus about this phenomena, 'Christianity and International Law'? If you are inclined, pause a moment with this text and build a list of possible reasons... Some contrarians might answer that we actually do have a relative consensus, that most reasonable people, at least with the opportunity to learn, find common agreement over most things and whatever differences simply reflect the diversity, the spice, the irreducible uniqueness of individual personalities and cultures. Those who might criticize or denounce this consensus are simply acting in so-called bad faith, whether that is deliberate or misguided or some unintentional tick in their nature. In this scenario, 'we' have (faith in, understanding of) Christianity, 'they' would take it away or diminish it; 'we' respect (follow, obey, promote) international law, 'they' would ignore it or undermine its integrity"-- Provided by publisher.
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