Despite its significant influence on international law, international relations, natural law and political thought in general, Grotius's Law of War and Peace has been virtually unavailable for many decades. Stephen Neff's edited and annotated version of the text rectifies this situation. Containing the substantive portion of the classic text, but shorn of extraneous material, this edited and annotated edition of one of the classic works of Western legal and political thought is intended for students and teachers in four primary areas: history of international law, history of political thought, history of international relations and history of philosophy.

This volume is a history of war, from the standpoint of international law, from the beginning of history to the present day. Its primary focus is on legal conceptions of war as such, rather than on the substantive or technical aspects of the law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form, of the interplay, through the centuries, between, on the one hand, legal ideas about war and, on the other hand, state practice in warfare. Its coverage includes reprisals, civil wars, UN enforcement and the war on terrorism. This book will interest historians, students of international relations and international lawyers.

A history of the evolution of the rights and duties of neutral persons, both in doctrine and state practice, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

A study of the historical and intellectual context of the struggle for a liberal economic world order and an elucidation of the post-war world economic system and its principal institutions the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Bank and the IMF. The final chapter includes commentary on the Arab oil crisis of the 1970s.

International law does not authorise self-help action of a criminal character for the prevention of international crimes.