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Paperback / softback. New. Over the course of the twentieth century, democracies demonstrated an uncanny ability to win wars when their survival was at stake. As this book makes clear, this success cannot be explained merely by superior military equipment or a particular geographical advantage. Instead, it is argued that the legal frameworks imbedded in democratic societies offered them a fundamental advantage over their more politically restricted rivals. For democracies fight wars aided by codes of behaviour shaped by their laws, customs and treaties that reflect the wider values of their society. This means that voters and the public can influence the decision to wage and sustain war. Thus, a precarious balance between government, parliament and military leadership is the backbone of any democracy at war, and the key to success or failure. Beginning with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writings of Alberico Gentili and Hugo Grotius, this book traces the rise of legal concepts of war…
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Democracies and the Shock of War: The Law as a Battlefield Brochura - 2017
por Marc Cogen
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- Título Democracies and the Shock of War: The Law as a Battlefield
- Autor Marc Cogen
- Encadernação Brochura
- Páginas 320
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Routledge
- Data de publicação 2017
- ISBN 9781138110250 / 1138110256
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- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Law Studies
- Dewey Decimal Code 341.609
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Taylor & Francis, 2017. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.73 inches.
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