Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- 11 Ancient Treaties and Trust
- 12 Aggressive War and Necessity
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - Aggressive War and Necessity
from Section IV - International Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Section I Ancient Procedural Law
- Section II Freedom, Equality, and Legal Status
- Section III Crime and Punishment
- Section IV International Justice
- 11 Ancient Treaties and Trust
- 12 Aggressive War and Necessity
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the four thousand-year recorded history of legal thought, one of the most enduring questions has been “when is it just to engage in war?” The discussion of whether a state should go to war for reasons other than self-defense is as old as recorded history.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 205 - 218Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019