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The Law of Nations in Early American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice from the Revolution to the Monroe Doctrine

The Law of Nations in Early American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice from the Revolution to the Monroe Doctrine

Author: Willem Theo Oosterveld
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004305670
Published In: November 2015
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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In The Law of Nations in Early American Foreign Policy, Willem Theo Oosterveld provides the first general study of international law as interpreted and applied by the generation of the Founding Fathers. A mostly neglected aspect in the historiography of the early republic, this study argues that international law was in fact an integral part of the Revolutionary creed.

Taking the reader from colonial debates about the law of nations to the discussions about slavery in the early 19th century, this study shows the zest of the Founders to conduct foreign policy on the basis of treatises such as Vattel’s The Law of Nations. But it also highlights the deep ambiguities and sometimes personal struggles that arose when applying international law.

Epigraph

Acknowledgements

Dedication

Chronology of Events

INTRODUCTION

ANTECEDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AMERICA

1.1 THE CONTINENTAL TRADITION

1.2 THE COMMON LAW TRADITION

THE MOVE TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE

2.1 THE COLONIES AND THE BRITISH IMPERIAL CONSTITUTION

2.2 INDEPENDENCE, UNION, AND THE LAW OF NATIONS

THE STRUGGLE TO CONSOLIDATE THE REPUBLIC