To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth

by Martti Koskenniemi

Book Overview

To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth shows the vital role played by legal imagination in the formation of the international order during 1300-1870. It discusses how European statehood arose during early modernity as a locally specific combination of ideas about sovereign power and property rights, and how those ideas expanded to structure the formation of European empires and consolidate modern international relations. By connecting the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521745349
• ISBN13: 9780521745345
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 1124 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 7.9" x 8.9"