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1、WARANDTHELAWOFNATIONSThisbookisahistoryofwar,fromthestandpointofinternationallaw,fromthebeginningofhistorytothepresentday.Itsprimaryfocusisonlegalconceptionsofwarassuch,ratherthanonthesubstantiveortechnicalaspectsofthelawofwar.Ittellsthestory,innarrativeform,oftheinterplaythroughthecenturiesbetw

2、een,ontheonehand,legalideasaboutwarand,ontheotherhand,statepracticeinwarfare.Neffcoverstheemergence,invariousancientsocieties,ofanassociationbetweenjusticeandwarfare,whichmaturedintothejust-wardoctrineoftheMiddleAges.Hethentracesthedeclineofthisconceptionofwarinfavourofaviewofwarasaninstrumentof

3、statecraft,culmina-tingintheevolutionofwhatbecameknownasthelegalinstitutionofwarinthenineteenthcentury.Thereisalsocoverageofthemuch-neglectedtopicofmeasuresshortofwar,mostnotablyofreprisals,butalsoincludingtheevolutionofself-defencedoctrinesandpracticesovertheyears.Internationallegalaspectsofciv

4、ilwarsarealsoconsidered,notablythedevelopmentofrecognitionofbelligerencyandofinsurgencyinthenineteenthcentury.TheattemptbytheLeagueofNationstorestrictwarisanalysed,withanexplanationofthedeeperreasonsforitsfailureandthewayinwhichthispavedthewayforthesubstantialdiscarding,aftertheSecondWorldWar,of

5、warasalegalinstitution,infavourofthealternateconceptionofaggres-sion-and-self-defence.Treatmentofnewapproachestocivilwarsafter1945andoftheadventofwaragainstterrorismbringsthestorytothepresentday.STEPHENC.NEFFisaReaderinPublicInternationalLawattheUniversityofEdinburgh.Heistheauthoroftwopreviousbo

6、oksoninternationallegalhistory:FriendsButNoAllies:EconomicLiberalismandtheLawofNations(1990)andTheRightsandDutiesofNeutrals:AGeneralHistory(2000).WARANDTHELAWOFNATIONSAGeneralHistorybySTEPHENC.NEFFCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniv

7、ersityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521662055©StephenC.Neff2005Thispublicationi