EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)

This article attempts to offer an alternative interpretation of Francisco de Vitoria's international thought. Much of the literature on his De Indis (1532) characterizes his view of international order as one that either opposed of justified Spanish imperialism in the New World. As against such...

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Autor principal:	Valenzuela-Vermehren,Luis
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Derecho 2013
Materias:	Francisco de Vitoria International Relations Sovereignty Justice International Law
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-343720130001000102014-09-09EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)Valenzuela-Vermehren,Luis Francisco de Vitoria International Relations Sovereignty Justice International Law This article attempts to offer an alternative interpretation of Francisco de Vitoria's international thought. Much of the literature on his De Indis (1532) characterizes his view of international order as one that either opposed of justified Spanish imperialism in the New World. As against such conventional interpretations, I argue that this text is not fundamentally about the condemnation or justification of empire but, more importantly, a broad view of order that limits the exercise of state power and the recourse to war. Furthermore, it constructs a clear notion of sovereignty and international relations applicable to political communities based on an iusnaturalistic conceptualization of law and politics in the Spanish Renaissance.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de DerechoRevista chilena de derecho v.40 n.1 20132013-04-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-34372013000100010en10.4067/S0718-34372013000100010
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description	This article attempts to offer an alternative interpretation of Francisco de Vitoria's international thought. Much of the literature on his De Indis (1532) characterizes his view of international order as one that either opposed of justified Spanish imperialism in the New World. As against such conventional interpretations, I argue that this text is not fundamentally about the condemnation or justification of empire but, more importantly, a broad view of order that limits the exercise of state power and the recourse to war. Furthermore, it constructs a clear notion of sovereignty and international relations applicable to political communities based on an iusnaturalistic conceptualization of law and politics in the Spanish Renaissance.
author	Valenzuela-Vermehren,Luis
author_facet	Valenzuela-Vermehren,Luis
author_sort	Valenzuela-Vermehren,Luis
title	EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)
title_short	EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)
title_full	EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)
title_fullStr	EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)
title_full_unstemmed	EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)
title_sort	empire, sovereignty, and justice in francisco de vitoria's international thought: a re-interpretation of de indis (1532)
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Derecho
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EMPIRE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND JUSTICE IN FRANCISCO DE VITORIA'S INTERNATIONAL THOUGHT: A RE-INTERPRETATION OF DE INDIS (1532)

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