International Relations (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ferguson, Dugald Haley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440086125 ISBN 13 : 9781440086120

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Understand how international law, treaties, and global institutions guide nations today—and why cooperation matters for every citizen.

This concise history explains how the world moved from sovereign states to a system of shared rules. It traces the development of international law, major treaties, and organizations that connect governments, businesses, and people across borders. Readers will see how cooperation, arbitration, and conventions shape decisions, prevent conflicts, and address global challenges. The book surveys key milestones—from early concepts of sovereignty to the rise of international bodies and the League of Nations—showing how laws and institutions have grown to regulate cross-border relations. It emphasizes practical consequences, not just theory, offering a clear map of how the modern order was built and how it keeps evolving.

• The evolution of state sovereignty and the push toward common rules.
• How treaties, arbitration, and mediation work in practice.
• The role of international organizations and general welfare conventions.
• How the world moves toward cooperation to address shared problems.

Ideal for readers new to the topic and anyone curious about how international law shapes today’s global landscape.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The relations of nations and of people to each other are determined by the sum total of human progress and of the ideals which lead men to happier lives and more useful activities. In the march of civilization law-makers of necessity follow rather than lead. The great inventions which arouse the imagination are the pioneers. The mariners compass pointed the way over the unknown seas and gave assurance that whatever course was taken might be retraced. To it and the spirit of adventure it aroused the world owes the conversion of the ocean from an impassable barrier, separating the continents into different worlds, to a great universal thoroughfare connecting every port of every land with every other port. Following the discovery of America and the settlement of Europeans along its coasts came colonial problems to the statesmen of Europe and the necessity of changing their theories of rulership by arbitrary force for a system affording the people of the colonies some measure of liberty in the regulation of their affairs. With no means of communication between the two continents but sailing vessels, there was such partial isolation as induced the growth of new customs, modes of life and ideas of social relations. In time these became so distinct and firmly established that the colonists would not submit to the ill-advised measures of the governments of the parent countries. The result was political separation and the organization in the western hemisphere of republican governments now numbering twenty-one. Political separation has not been followed by isolation. Soon after it took place the relatively small and slow sailing vessels which had brought settlers by tens and by hundreds were supplemented by the great steamships transporting them swiftly and safely by thousands.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440086125
• ISBN 13: 9781440086120
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 680
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