This is an historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It examines the arguments over the moral basis for war, and links the debates to the writings of theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Kant, and Rousseau.

This is an historical account of the formative period of modern theories of international law. It examines the arguments over the moral basis for war, and links the debates to the writings of theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, Kant, and Rousseau.