1st Edition

Christianity and Global Law

Edited By Rafael Domingo, John Witte, Jr. Copyright 2020
442 Pages
by Routledge

442 Pages
by Routledge

442 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law and includes critical perspectives from various religious and philosophical traditions. Two dozen leading scholars discuss the constituent principles of this new global legal order historically, comparatively, and currently. The first part uses a historical-biographical approach to study a few of... Read more

List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction, Rafael Domingo and John Witte, Jr.; Part I: Historical-Biographical Approach; 1. St. Paul and the Moral Law, C. Kavin Rowe; 2. Augustine and the Common Good, Josef Lössl; 3. Thomas Aquinas: Definitions and Vocabulary in His Treatise on Law, Charles J. Reid Jr.; 4. Francisco de Vitoria and the Global Commonwealth, Andreas Wagner; 5. Francisco Suárez on the Law of Nations and Just War, Henrik Lagerlund; 6. Alberico Gentili and the Secularization of the Law of Nations, Rafael Domingo and Giovanni Minnucci; 7. Johannes Althusius and the Universal Rule of Natural Laws and Rights, John Witte, Jr.; 8. Hugo Grotius and the Making of Modern Natural Law, Jon Miller; 9. Kant’s Religion and Perpetual Peace, Lawrence Pasternack; 10. Jacques Maritain and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, William Sweet; 11. Robert Schuman and the Process of European Integration, Rafael Domingo; Part II: Structural Principles of Global Governance; 12. Christianity and the Global Rule of Law, Neil Walker; 13. Christianity and the Principle of Dignity, Martin Schlag; 14. Christianity and the Principle of Equality in Global Law, Julian Rivers; 15. Christianity and the Principle of the Common Good, George Duke; 16. Christianity, Sovereignty, and Global Law, Nicholas Aroney; 17. Christianity and the Principle of Solidarity, Ana Marta González; 18. Christianity and the Principle of Subsidiarity, Thomas C. Kohler; Part III: Global Issues and Global Public Goods; 19. Christianity and Human Rights, Samuel Moyn; 20. Christianity and the International Economic Order, Daniel A. Crane; 21. Christianity and a Global Law for Migration, Silas W. Allard; 22. Christianity, Global Environmental Protection, and Animal Law, Anne Peters and Mark Somos; 23. Christianity and the Use of Force: Lex and Pax Christi, Mary Ellen O’Connell; 24. Christianity and International Criminal Law, Johan D. van der Vyver; Index

Biography

Rafael Domingo is the Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion at Emory University, USA, and Alvaro d’Ors Professor of Law at the University of Navarra, Spain.

John Witte, Jr. is Robert W. Woodruff University Professor, McDonald Distinguished Professor of Religion, and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, USA.