Christianity and International Law

Pamela Slotte is Professor of Religion and Law at Åbo Akademi University, and Vice-director of the Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives at the University of Helsinki. Her previous publications include Revisiting the Origins of Human Rights (2015) and The Juridification of Religion? (2017). Her work is located in the interfaces between law, theology and moral philosophy. John D. Haskell is Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester Law School. His previous publications include Political Economy and Law (2015) and Political Theology and International Law (2018). His work focuses on the sociology of expertise at the intersection of law, money, religion and technology.

• Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Christianity and international law: an introduction John D. Haskell and Pamela Slotte; 2. The Byzantine commonwealth and the emerging features of a law of nations in the first millennium Peter Petkoff; 3. Christianity and the birth of ambassadorial deontology: some historical notes Tiziana Faitini and Dante Fedele; 4. Formation and refiguration of the canon law on trade with infidels (ca. 1200–ca. 1600) Stefan Stantchev; 5. God, sovereignty, and the morality of intervention outside Europe David M. Lantigua; 6. The significance of Christian charity to international law Jennifer L. Beard; 7. Hugo Grotius on freedom of the seas and human nature Roland Boer; 8. ​Ius gentium et naturae: the human conscience and early modern international law Janne E. Nijman; 9. Legalizing antisemitism? The legacy of Savigny's roman(tic) law Reut Yael Paz; 10. Missionary knowledge and the empirical foundations of modern international legal thought Jedidiah J. Kroncke; 11. Standards for a righteous and civilized world: religion and America's emergence as a global power Andrew Preston; 12. International Protestantism and its changing religious freedoms Udi Greenberg; 13. Beyond the freedom of worship: the contested meaning of religious freedom in international human rights law and politics, 1945–1967 Linde Lindkvist; 14. Truran – process theology and a pluralistic foundation for human rights Mark C. Modak; 15. Christianity and human rights law: orthodox perspectives Elena Namli; 16. Conquest, sacred sites, and 'religion' in a time of crisis Nathaniel Berman; 17. Constantine's legacy: preserving empire while undermining international law Craig Mousin; 18. Hopelessly practicing law: asylum seekers, advocates, and hostile jurisdictions Silas W. Allard; 19. The hidden theology of international legal positivism Akbar Rasulov; Selected bibliography; Index.

'These chapters in combination make a powerful reflection on Christianity and International Law: it is no introduction, it is the thing itself.' Malcolm D. Evans, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion