The Spanish Origin of International Law: Francisco de Vitoria and his law of nations

486 Pages·2000·56.492 MB·English

by  James Brown Scott

THE SPANISH ORIGIN OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
FRANCISCO DE VITORIA
AND
HIS LAW OF NATIONS
BY
JAMES BROWN SCOTT
Secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
Professor of International Law and of Foreign Relations
of the United States in Georgetown University;
Member of the dssocialion Internationale
de Fitoria et de Suarez;
President of the American Society of International
Law; President of the American Institute of
InternationalL aw; Member and past
President of the Institut de
Droit International
'I love the University of Salamancha; for when the Spaniards
were in doubt as to the lawfulness of their conquering America,
the University of Salamancha gave it as their opinion that it
was not lawful' He spoke this with great emotion ...
BoswELL's LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Scott, James Brown, 1866 1943.
The Spanish oiigin of inrcrnatioal law. Fraisco dc Vitonia and his law of nations /by
James Brown Scott.
p. cm
Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; London : 11. ilford, 1934.
KTublicaions of tle Camegie Endowment for Intcinational Peace, Division of
International Law)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1 58477 110 0 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. International law lstor. 1. Vitoria, Francisco de, 14867 1546. I Title. III.
Publications of the Carnegic Endowment for International Peace, Division of
International Law.
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THE SPANISH ORIGIN OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
FRANCISCO DE VITORIA
AND
HIS LAW OF NATIONS
BY
JAMES BROWN SCOTT
Secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
Professor of InternationalL aw and of Foreign Relations
of the United States in Georgetown University;
Member of the Association laternationale
de Fitoriae t de Suarez;
President of the American Society of International
Law; President of the American Institute of
InternationalL aw; Member and past
President of the Institut de
Droit International
'I love the University of Salamancha; for when the Spaniards
were in doubt as to the lawfulness of their conquering America,
the University of Salamancha gave it as their opinion that it
was not lawful.' He spoke this with great emotion ...
BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON
OXFORD: AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
1934
Printed in England
At the OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
By John Johnson
Printert o the University
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF
ANDREW CARNEGIE
WHOSE BENEFACTIONS HAVE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO PUBLISH
THE CLASSICS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
MEMORIAL DAY, 1932
WASHINGTON, D.C.