The Nature of Customary Law : Legal, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives (Paperback)

List of contributors; Table of cases; The character of customary law: an introduction Amanda Perreau-Saussine and James Bernard Murphy; Part I. Custom and Morality: Natural Law, Customary Law, And Ius Gentium: 1. Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law Frederick Schauer; 2. The moral role of conventions Ross Harrison; 3. Habit and convention at the foundation of custom James Bernard Murphy; 4. Custom, ordinance and natural right in Gratian's 'Decretum' Jean Porter; 5. Vitoria and Suarez on Ius Gentium, natural law, and custom Brian Tierney; 6. Custom and positivity: an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy Christoph Kletzer; Part II. Custom and Law: Custom, Common Law, and Customary International Law: 7. Custom in medieval law David Ibbetson; 8. Siege warfare in the early modern age: a study on the customary laws of war Randall Lesaffer; 9. The idea of common law as custom Alan Cromartie; 10. Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law: textbooks and the nature of customary international law Amanda Perreau-Saussine; 11. Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth century Michael Lobban; 12. Custom in international law: a normative practice account Gerald J. Postema; 13. Customary international law and the quest for global justice John Tasioulas; Index of names.