Federal Union, Modern World: The Law of Nations in an Age of Revolutions, 1776-1814Rowman & Littlefield, 1993 - 224 pagina's In this thought-provoking analysis of international relations, the Onufs deepen our understanding of the law of nations in a world of profound change. Federal Union, Modern World relates the emergence of the modern concept of state-societies to the remarkable experiments in constitution-making in the United States and shows how efforts to model a federal union in America influenced the broader relations of European nation-states. Relying on ancient and early modern sources prominent in the minds of the Founders, the authors show how the idea of a federal union was applied to the nations of the world. This profound conceptual change in international relations sundered the law of nations from naturalism and grafted it into modern ideas of liberalism. The formation of the United States as federation, argue the Onufs, "expressed Enlightenment impulses . . . more fully than any contemporaneous developments in Europe." Furthermore, as the Founders attempted to secure a tenable position for their creation, they inspired a shift in international relations theory from natural legal doctrine to the positive law of states. This timely study of international union and disunion informs us as much about the decades of revolution as it does about the context of international relations in our own time. |
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... depended on a natural tendency toward balance and moderation , and not on the design of institutions according to Classical principles . At the same time , Vattel's support of commerce and diplomacy under the rule of law served as a ...
... depended on a natural tendency toward balance and moderation , and not on the design of institutions according to Classical principles . At the same time , Vattel's support of commerce and diplomacy under the rule of law served as a ...
Pagina 6
... depended on creating a more energetic federal government in the face of disintegrative tenden- cies and external threats . For Aristotle the purpose of politics could only be secured by compounding human associations , organized in ...
... depended on creating a more energetic federal government in the face of disintegrative tenden- cies and external threats . For Aristotle the purpose of politics could only be secured by compounding human associations , organized in ...
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... depended on their ability to manipulate a progressively developing balance . The idea that the balance of power enabled Europe to function as a single great republic came into vogue in the 1740s and 1750s.1J Europe had long been thought ...
... depended on their ability to manipulate a progressively developing balance . The idea that the balance of power enabled Europe to function as a single great republic came into vogue in the 1740s and 1750s.1J Europe had long been thought ...
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... depended on manipulating the balance effectively.48 As Congress's Plan of Treaties of July 18 , 1776 , announced to the world , the American leadership had every intention of exploiting diplomatic opportunities for progressive purposes ...
... depended on manipulating the balance effectively.48 As Congress's Plan of Treaties of July 18 , 1776 , announced to the world , the American leadership had every intention of exploiting diplomatic opportunities for progressive purposes ...
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Inhoudsopgave
A More Perfect Union | 30 |
II AFTER ARISTOTLE | 35 |
III CHANGES IN KIND | 45 |
The Compound Republic of America | 53 |
II THE THEORY OF CORPORATIONS | 59 |
III AFTER ALTHUSIUS | 65 |
IV ASSOCIATION CONSOCIATION | 70 |
Extent and Proper Structure | 74 |
Foreign Affairs and Federal Union | 123 |
II UNION TRANSFORMED | 128 |
III THE EXPANDING UNION | 135 |
IV APOTHEOSIS | 139 |
CHANGING WORLD | 145 |
The Balance of Power | 149 |
II REPUBLICAN FOREIGN POLICY | 154 |
III END OF THE OLD WORLD | 165 |
II SIZE OF THE UNION | 80 |
III LIMITS AND LEVELS | 88 |
A NEW WORLD ORDER | 93 |
The American State System | 97 |
II COMMERCE | 103 |
III TREATIES | 108 |
IV CONFEDERATION | 113 |
V DIPLOMATIC FRUSTRATIONS | 117 |
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