Selden's Mare Clausum: the secularisation of international law and the rise of soft imperialism

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Pirating Mare Liberum (1609)

Two pirated editions form a vital but neglected part of the printing and reception history of the first edition of Grotius’ Mare liberum

Dreams and nightmares of liberal international law: capitalist accumulation, natural rights and state hegemony

This article develops a line of theorising the relationship between peace, war and commerce and does so via conceptualising global juridical relations as a site of contestation over questions of economic and social justice. By sketching aspects of a historical interaction between capitalist accumulation, natural rights and state hegemony, the article offers a critical account of the limits of liberal international law, and attempts to recover some ground for thinking about the emancipatory potential of international law more generally

Pirating Mare Liberum (1609)

Two pirated editions form a vital but neglected part of the printing and reception history of the first edition of Grotius’ Mare liberum

Collaborating to solving Yemen’s problems holistically

Yemen is facing multiple difficulties that threaten the stability of the country and the entire Gulf region. The collapse of the Yemeni state could lead to the consolidation of the country being used as the training ground and operations centre for Al Qaeda. This has both regional and international implications. In order to avoid a catastrophic collapse, a holistic long-term solution is needed that acknowledges the military, economic, social, regional and governance challenges. Partial solutions to the problem could be counter-productive. The proposed January 2010 London conference about Yemen should be used as an opportunity to address the situation in a concerted, holistic manner

Irenic secularization and the Hebrew Republic in Harrington's Oceana

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Bible interpretation and the constitution of the Christian Commonwealth in Hobbes's Leviathan, Part III

Few aspects of Hobbes’s thought received as much recent attention as his religion; yet there are no comprehensive analyses of Hobbes’s biblical exegesis. To illustrate a possible method and the value of such studies, this article traces Hobbes’s strings of references in Leviathan, Part III. It shows that despite ascribing the authority to finalise, censor, and otherwise control biblical editions to the Sovereign, Hobbes preferred the Geneva to the King James Bible. The article also considers some implications of Hobbes’s Bible interpretations for the constitutional design of his Christian Commonwealth, including representation, the Christian Sovereign, anticlericalism, and the Second Coming