The Cambridge History of International Law: Volume 6, International Law in Early Modern Europe

Randall Lesaffer is Professor of Legal History at KU Leuven in Belgium and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He is the author of European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective (2009) and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius. He is the editor-in-chief of the book series Studies in the History of International Law, an editor of the Global Law series and an editor of the Journal of the History of International Law.

• Part I. International Law in Renaissance Europe (1492–1660); 1. The law of nations in Renaissance Europe Randall Lesaffer; 2. Territory and jurisdiction in Renaissance Europe Tamar Herzog; 3. Beyond the free sea. The law of the sea in Renaissance Europe Louis Sicking; 4. War and the use of force in Renaissance Europe Anuschka Tischer; 5. Warfare on land in Renaissance Europe Valentina Vadi; 6. The law of maritime warfare during the transition between medieval and early modern Europe Alain Wijffels; 7. Peace-making in Renaissance Europe Randall Lesaffer; 8. Trade and navigation in Renaissance Europe Dave De Ruysscher; 9. Diplomacy in Renaissance Europe Dante Fedele; 10. Dispute settlement in Renaissance Europe Guido Braun; 11. The Ottoman encounter and the law of nations in the Renaissance Maurits H. van den Boogert; Part II. International Law in Old Regime Europe (1660–1775) 12. The law of nations in Old Regime Europe Randall Lesaffer; 13. Territory and jurisdiction in Old Regime Europe Frederik Dhondt; 14. The law of the sea in Old Regime Europe Kinji Akashi; 15. War and the use of force in Old Regime Europe Randall Lesaffer; 16. Warfare on land in Old Regime Europe Stefano Cattelan and Raymond Kubben; 17. Maritime warfare in Old Regime Europe Stefano Cattelan; 18. Peace-making in Old Regime Europe Randall Lesaffer; 19. Trade in Old Regime Europe Dave De Ruysscher; 20. Diplomacy in Old Regime Europe Linda S. Frey and Marsha Frey; 21. Dispute settlement in Old Regime Europe Christoph Kampmann; 22. The Ottoman encounter and the law of nations in the Old Regime Maurits H. van den Boogert.

'… an excellent addition to what promises to be an outstanding collective history.' William E. Butler, Jus Gentium: Journal of International Legal History