Abstract
In the great treatises of Gentili and Grotius, the law regulating the ending of war and the restoration were discussed as the third, chronological and logical part of the laws of war. Their conceptualisation of peace was premised on their conceptualisation of war either as an instrument for the vindication of justice or as the settlement of disputes about right. The chapter explains how these theories, and in particular the latter conception, reflected the practices of peacemaking in peace treaties well, focusing on such major issues as the temporal and spatial dimensions of peace, territorial disputes and the place of communitarian interests in a logic that was geared towards the settlement and appeasement of bilateral disputes over dynastic rights.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Cambridge history of international law |
| Subtitle of host publication | International law in early modern Europe |
| Editors | Randall Lesaffer |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 232-262 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Volume | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108757355 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Publication series
| Name | The Cambridge History of International Law |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Volume | 6 |
Keywords
- peace treaties
- jus post bellum
- history of international law
- Early Modern Europe
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The Cambridge History of International Law: International Law in Early Modern Europe
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