Whiggish International Law: Elihu Root, the Monroe Doctrine, and International Law in the Americas
- ISBN-10
- 9004379517
- ISBN-13
- 9789004379510
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-03-25
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Christopher R. Rossi
Description
Christopher Rossi’s Whiggish International Law refreshes English School and Cambridge contextualist concerns for historical abridgment as jurists and scholars revive complexities and discussions of international law’s turbulent history in the Americas.
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