PART Ⅰ THE ESSENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL THEORY 3
1 The relevance of theory and history - the essence and origins of international law，&Alexander Orakhelashvili 3
2 Early-modern scholarship on international law&Alain Wijffels 23
3 Natural law and the law of nations&Patrick Capps 61
4 The origins of consensual positivism - Pufendorf， Wolff and Vattel&Alexander Orakhelashvili 93
5 The transformation of international law in the 19th century&Amnon Lev 111
6 Hans Kelsen's place in international legal theory&Jorg Kammerhofer 143
7 ‘The holiness of the heart's affection’: Philip Allott’s theory of Social Idealism&lain Scobbie 168
PART Ⅱ THEMATIC ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL THEORY 199
8 International human rights law theory&Frederic Megret 199
9 The philosophy of international criminal law&Robert Cryer 232
10 International law and EU law: between asymmetric constitutionalisation and fragmentation&Katja S. Ziegler 268
11 International law， international politics and ideology&Alexander Orakhelashvili 328
PART Ⅲ HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 379
12 Periodization and international law&William E. Butler 379
13 Acculturation through the Middle Ages: the Islamic law of nations and its place in the history of international law&Jean Allain 394
14 The classical law of nations (1500-1800)&Randall Lesaffer 408
15 The 19th-century life of international law&Alexander Orakhelashvili 441
16 International law between universality and regional fragmentation. The historical case of Russia&Lauri Malksoo 456
17 International law in the 20th century&Carlo Focarelli 478
Index 527