Volume IV of The Cambridge History of International Law explores the existence and scope of international law in Antiquity, spanning approximately 1800 BCE to 650 CE. During this period, the territories surrounding the Mediterranean engaged in various forms of cross-border interaction, from trade wars to diplomacy; this traffic was regulated through a patchwork of laws, regulations and treaties. However, the existence of international law as a coherent concept in Antiquity remains contested. We can speak only about 'territories', which include empires, tribal lands and cities, not about 'countries' or 'nations' in the modern sense. Rather than offering an overview of legal relations between territories surrounding the Mediterranean in Antiquity, this volume presents a set of case studies centred around various topics commonly associated with the modern idea of international law. Together, these studies result in a novel but accessible perspective on the (in)existence of international law in Antiquity.
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A rich insight into the existence and scope of international law in Antiquity across the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Preface Jesper Eidem, Kaius Tuori and Jacob Giltaij; Part I.
International Law in the Ancient Near East (3rd millennium500 BCE) Jesper
Eidem:
1. The Ancient Near East and International Law: An Introduction Jesper
Eidem;
2. Territory and jurisdiction in the Ancient Near East Stefano de
Martino;
3. War and peace in the Ancient Near East Salvatore Gaspa;
4. Trade
and communication in the Ancient Near East Cécile Michel;
5. Diplomacy in the
Ancient Near East Bertrand Lafont;
6. Dispute settlement in the Ancient Near
East Jakob Lauinger; Part II. International law in the Greek and Roman world
(600 BCE650 CE) Kaius Tuori and Jacob Giltaij:
7. International law in the
Greek and Roman World Jacob Giltaij;
8. Territory and jurisdiction in the
Greek and Roman world Kaius Tuori;
9. War and peace in the Greek and Roman
world Emiliano Buis;
10. Diplomacy in the Greek and Roman world Emilia Mataix
Ferrándiz;
11. Trade and Communication in the Greek and Roman World Philipp
Scheibelreiter;
12. International law in the Persian empire? The Sasanian
period Silvia Schiavo.
Randall Lesaffer is Professor of Legal History at KU Leuven in Belgium and Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He is the author of European Legal History: A Cultural and Political Perspective (2009) and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius (2021). He is the editor-in-chief of the book series Studies in the History of International Law, an editor of the Global Law series and an editor of the Journal of the History of International Law. Jesper Eidem is Associate Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History in the Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge at the University of Pisa. He has significant experience in epigraphic and archaeological work in the Middle East. He has published the early treaty documents from Tell Leilian in Syria (early 2nd millennium BCE). Jacob Giltaij is Associate Professor in the Department of Jurisprudence at the Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam, and the Director of the Paul Scholten Centre for Jurisprudence. He has published extensively on both Roman law and legal history. Kaius Tuori is Professor of European Intellectual History at the University of Helsinki, and the Director of the Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives. He has written widely on the history of Roman law and ancient international law in its reception.
