To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth: Legal Imagination and International Power 1300–1870

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To the Uttermost Parts of the Earth shows the vital role played by legal imagination in the formation of the international order during 1300–1870. It discusses how European statehood arose during early modernity as a locally specific combination of ideas about sovereign power and property rights, and how those ideas expanded to structure the formation of European empires and consolidate modern international relations. By connecting the development of legal thinking with the history of political thought and by showing the gradual rise of economic analysis into predominance, the author argues that legal ideas from different European legal systems - Spanish, French, English and German - have played a prominent role in the history of global power. This history has emerged in imaginative ways to combine public and private power, sovereignty and property. The book will appeal to readers crossing conventional limits between international law, international relations, history of political thought, jurisprudence and legal history. 01.0_pp_i_ii_To_the_Uttermost_Parts_of_the_Earth 02.0_pp_iii_iii_To_the_Uttermost_Parts_of_the_Earth 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vi_Dedication 05.0_pp_vii_xiii_Contents 06.0_pp_xiv_xviii_Acknowledgements 07.0_pp_1_16_Introduction 08.0_pp_17_346_Towards_the_Rule_of_Law 08.1_pp_19_116_Legal_Imagination_in_a_Christian_World 08.2_pp_117_211_The_Political_Theology_of_Ius_gentium 08.3_pp_212_279_Italian_Lessons 08.4_pp_280_346_The_Rule_of_Law 09.0_pp_347_558_France_Law_Sovereignty_and_Revolution 09.1_pp_349_416_Governing_Sovereignty 09.2_pp_417_487_Reason_Revolution_Restoration 09.3_pp_488_558_Colonies_Companies_Slaves 10.0_pp_559_794_Britain_Laws_and_Markets 10.1_pp_561_621_The_Law_and_Economics_of_State-Building 10.2_pp_622_698_Giving_Law_to_the_World 10.3_pp_699_794_Global_Law 11.0_pp_795_967_Germany_Law_Government_Freedom 11.1_pp_797_872_A_Science_of_State-Machines 11.2_pp_873_951_The_End_of_Natural_Law 11.3_pp_952_967_Conclusion_and_Epilogue 12.0_pp_968_1069_Bibliography 13.0_pp_1070_1108_Index