At the Origins of Modernity

Is a comprehensive study of the consequences of Vitoria's thoughts for the creation of an international law theory

Elaborates on the development of the School of Salamanca's concept of "just war" and human rights protection for current conflicts

Includes a chapter on applying the idea of the "nomos of the code" to the governance of digital communications

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction: Francisco de Vitoria and the Origins of the Modern Global Order, Anthony Pagden.- Chapter 2. From the imago Dei to the bon sauvage: Francisco de Vitoria and the Natural Law School, Franco Todescan.- Chapter 3. The Sovereignty of Law in the Works of Francisco de Vitoria, Simona Langella.- Chapter 4. Vitoria, the common good and the limits of political power, André Azevedo Alves.- Chapter 5. The problem of Eurocentrism in the thought of Francisco de Vitoria, Andrew Fitzmaurice.- Chapter 6. On the Spanish founding father of modern international law: Camilo Barcia Trelles(1888-1977),Yolanda Gamarra.- Chapter 7. Francisco de Vitoria on the just war: brief notes and remarks, Mauro Mantovani.- Chapter 8 . Prevention and intervention in Francisco de Vitoria's theory of the just war, Francisco Castilla Urbano.- Chapter 9. Francisco de Vitoria on self-defence, killing innocents and the limits of double effect, Jörg Alejandro Tellkamp.- Chapter 10. Francisco de Vitoria and the postmodern grand critique of international law, Pablo Zapatero Miguel.- Chapter 11. Francisco de Vitoria and the Nomos of the Code: the Digital Commons and Natural Law, Digital Communication as a Human Right, Just Cyber Warfare, Johannes Thumfart. <p