LAWS259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gunboat Diplomacy, Jus Gentium, De Jure Belli Ac Pacis

• School: Macquarie University
• Department: Law/Law Participation and Community Engagement
• Course: LAWS259
• Professor: Shireen Daft

Document Summary

The law of nations, now known as international law, developed out of the tradition of the late medieval jus gentium. Through an influential series of writers vitoria, gentili, grotius, Thomas aquinas 13th century rediscovery of civil law. Thomist conceptualisation the notion of just war". International law at the time was a moral question redress of rights from the tribunal of his superior. Treaties of westphalia 1648-9 ending the 30-year war origin of international law . Ottoman empire was accepted as a participant as early as 1649. Mid 19th century china had been cowed by the use of gunboat diplomacy treaties of beijing in 1860. Berlin conference of 1884 and scramble for africa". The permanent court of international justice had indicated that rights under international law could be conferred on individuals. River commissions such as the european commission of the danube (1856) Admin unions such as telegraph union (1865) Hague peace conferences 1899 and 1907 failed to prevent a world war.