History of International Law,

Ancient Times to 1648

Wolfgang Preiser†

Content type: Encyclopedia entries

Product: Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law
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Module: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International
Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated: 1984

Subject(s):
Ancient Times to 1648
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From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2021. All Rights Reserved.date:
20 November 2021
 Editor’s Note: This entry was originally published under the title ‘History of the Law of
Nations: Ancient Times to 1648’ in the Encyclopedia of Public International Law, edited by
Professor Rudolf Bernhardt, and can be found in the consolidated library edition of the
Encyclopedia; see R Bernhardt (ed) Encyclopedia of Public International Law vol II(2)
(Elsevier Amsterdam 1995) 722–49. 1 The following survey of the early history of the law of
nations is confined to those periods which have proved to be of importance for modern
international law. Developments which...

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From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2021. All Rights Reserved.date:
20 November 2021