The Law of Nations: An Introduction to the International Law of Peace [Hardcover]

Name : The Law of Nations: An Introduction to the International Law of Peace [Hardcover]

Author : J. L. Brierly

Book Format : Hardcover

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121262033

Language : English

Pages : 301-400 Pages

Publish Year : 2022

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About the Book : -In this Article, the auhor provides an analysis of a classic of international law. The author describes Brierly as an international legal scholar whose modernization of international law involves an emphasis on fact and complexity an emphasis that is ultimately little more than a gesture. The author then examines the narrative structure of The Law of Nations and indicates the normative messages disclosed in Brierly’s telling of the story of international law. Finally, the author describes Brierly’s effort to describe international law as occupying a political realm while evolutionary optimism made him anything but a political realist. In short, the author sees in Brierly’s promises of complexity and realism a thinly veiled simplicity that would be subsumed into the orthodoxies of international legal thought. About the Author:-James Brierly was born in Yorkshire and died in 1955. He graduated from oxford University with first class degrees in Classics and Jurisprudence, was called to the Bar in 1907 and joined the army in 1914. He was later appointed Professor of Law at Manchester University in 1920, and then to the Chair of International Law at Oxford University in 1922 his tenure lasting 23 years. Brierly was appointed to the original International Law Commission and served as its Rapporteur on the Law of treaties and as its Chairman in 1951. He served on Multi

Country of Origin : India