Book contents
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Section XIII Justice, Equity, and Conflict of Laws
- Section XIV Differential Status
- Section XV Responsibility
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- 43 Universal Law and Human Rights
- 44 The Origins of the Just War Doctrine
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
44 - The Origins of the Just War Doctrine
from Section XVI - Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2019
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Ancient Legal Thought
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- General Introduction
- Maps
- Part A Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Part B Ancient Greece and China
- Part C India and the Roman Republic
- Part D Rabbinic Law and the Roman Empire
- Section XIII Justice, Equity, and Conflict of Laws
- Section XIV Differential Status
- Section XV Responsibility
- Section XVI Universal Law at the End of Ancient Times
- 43 Universal Law and Human Rights
- 44 The Origins of the Just War Doctrine
- Part E Final Thoughts
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In light of the move toward an acceptance of universal law at the end of the ancient period, we also can find very clear expressions of the Just War doctrine, the view that only some wars were morally justified on very limited grounds, which were spelled out in detail.
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- Ancient Legal ThoughtEquity, Justice, and Humaneness From Hammurabi and the Pharaohs to Justinian and the Talmud, pp. 666 - 678Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019