The Law of Nations in early American foreign policy : theory and practice from the Revolution to the Monroe Doctrine /
"Willem Theo Oosterveld provides the first general study of international law as interpreted and applied by the generation of the founding fathers. A mostly neglected aspect in the historiography of the early republic, this study argues that international law was in fact an integral part of the...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill Nijhoff,
[2016]
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| Series: | Theory and practice of public international law ;
v. 1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Antecedents of international law in America
- The move towards independence
- The struggle to consolidate the republic
- The federal constitution and the law of nations
- Law and foreign policy in the Federalist Era (1789-1801)
- Law and foreign policy under Thomas Jefferson
- From the War of 1812 to the Monroe Doctrine