The Politics of Legitimacy and Force in International Relations: Vitoria and Rawls on the 'Law of Peoples' and the Recourse to War

This article confronts two philosophical positions that define the nature of international order in matters concerning state legitimacy and the justifications for the recourse to war. The first position, set forth by Francisco de Vitoria in the sixteenth century, frames legitimacy and the use of for...

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Main Author: VALENZUELA-VERMEHREN,LUIS
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2012
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2012000200006
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