Is International Law Part of Natural Law?

D'Amato, Anthony

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Is International Law Part of Natural Law?

Anthony D'Amato

Northwestern University - School of Law

1989

Vera Lex, Vol. 9, p. 8, 1989
Northwestern Public Law Research Paper 10-37

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The affinity of international law to natural law goes back a long way to the classic writers of international law. "Natural law" is the method of dispute resolution based on a conscious attempt to perpetuate past similarities in dispute resolution. "International law" has a deep affinity to this natural law method, for it consists of those practices that have "worked" in inter-nation conflict resolution.

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Keywords: Legal Theory, Natural Law, International Law, Suarez, Pufendorf, Grotius

JEL Classification: K10, K19, K30, K33

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Date posted: August 19, 2010

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D'Amato, Anthony, Is International Law Part of Natural Law? (1989). Vera Lex, Vol. 9, p. 8, 1989; Northwestern Public Law Research Paper 10-37. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1661171

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