Christianity and Global Law

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This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law and includes critical perspectives from various religious and philosophical traditions. Two dozen leading scholars discuss the constituent principles of this new global legal order historically, comparatively, and currently. The first part uses a historical-biographical approach to study a few of the major Christian architects of global law and transnational legal theory, from St. Paul to Jacques Maritain. The second part distills the deep Christian sources and dimensions of the main principles of global law, historically and today, separating out the distinct Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christian contributions as appropriate. Finally, the authors address a number of pressing global issues and challenges, where a Christian-informed legal perspective can and should have deep purchase and influence. The work makes no claim that Christianity is the only historical shaper of global law, nor that it should monopolize the theory and practice of global law today. But the book does insist that Christianity, as one of the world’s great religions, has deep norms and practices, ideas and institutions, prophets and procedures that can be of benefit as the world struggles to find global legal resources to confront humanity’s greatest challenges. The volume will be an essential resource for academics and researchers working in the areas of law and religion, transnational law, legal philosophy, and legal history. Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of contributors Preface and acknowledgments Introduction Part I Historical-biographical approach 1 St. Paul and the moral law 2 Augustine and the common good 3 Thomas Aquinas: definitions and vocabulary in his Treatise on Law 4 Francisco de Vitoria and the global commonwealth 5 Francisco Suárez on the law of nations and just war 6 Alberico Gentili and the secularization of the law of nations 7 Johannes Althusius and the universal rule of natural laws and rights 8 Hugo Grotius and the makings of modern natural law 9 Kant’s Religion and Perpetual Peace 10 Jacques Maritain and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 11 Robert Schuman and the process of European integration Part II Structural principles of global governance 12 Christianity and the global rule of law 13 Christianity and the principle of dignity 14 Christianity and the principle of equality in global law 15 The principle of the common good 16 Christianity, sovereignty, and global law 17 Christianity and the principle of solidarity 18 Christianity and the principle of subsidiarity Part III Global issues and global public goods 19 Christianity and human rights 20 Christianity and the international economic order 21 Christianity and a global law for migration 22 Christianity, global environmental protection, and animal law 23 Christianity and the use of force: Lex and Pax Christi 24 Christianity and international criminal law Index