Kant and the Law of Peace is a critical examination of the jurisprudential aspects of Kant's international thought, with reference to the argument of his treatise Perpetual Peace (1795). Kant's international thought is situated in the wider context of his moral and political philosophy. Particular attention is given to explaining how Kant saw law as providing the basis for peace among men and states in the international sphere, and how, in his exposition of the elements of the law of peace, he broke with the secular natural law tradition of Grotius, Hobbes, Wolff and Vattel.

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University of Tsukuba, Japan

Charles Covell

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Charles Covell is Associate Professor of Political Science and Jurisprudence at the University of Tsukuba in Japan.

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Book Title: Kant and the Law of Peace
Book Subtitle: A Study in the Philosophy of International Law and International Relations
Authors: Charles Covell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501867
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-60211-9Published: 04 March 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50186-7Published: 04 March 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 237
Topics: Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, International Relations, Philosophy of Law, History of Philosophy, Ethics

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