The liberal-welfarist law of nations : A history of international law

Contents:
Introduction.

Part I - The modern law of nations.
Introduction.
1 - The law of nations of the Moderns: a new discipline.
2 - The liberal purpose of the modern law of nations: liberty, equality and security for states
3 - State self-interest and self-esteem.
4 - The law of nations of the Moderns between free enterprise and protectionism.
5 - The welfarist purpose of the modern law of nations: the happiness of the people and the advancement of states.
6 - Co-operation and assistance to states: between liberalism and welfarism.
7 - The liberal-welfarist law of nations: a code of good conduct to discipline European states.
8 - Goodness, freedom and justice.
Conclusion.

Part II - Classical international law.
Introduction.
9 - A modern that became a classic: ‘the Vattelian moment’.
10 - The triumph of the liberal purpose of international law.
11 - Liberal international law on the opposite tack: a welfarist purpose for the rest of the world.
12 - Intellectual and political explanations and justifications for the change.
13 - Classical international law in the era of economic liberalism: between free trade and protectionism.
14 - Liberal vision, dogmatic foundation and the appeal of liberalism.
15 - Concerns over social and economic inequalities: the emergence of a new welfarist purposepp 169-183
16 - The emergence of concerns for human rights.
Conclusion.

Part III - Contemporary international law.
Introduction.
17 - Continuity and discontinuities of the classical model.
18 - The two liberal purposes of contemporary international law.
19 - The dilemmas of the new liberal purpose (I): democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
20 - The dilemmas of the new liberal purpose (II): humanitarian interventions, identities and cultures.
21 - Summary and general outlook as to the new liberal and democratic purpose.
22 - The economic liberalism of contemporary international law: between Keynesian objectives and the triumph of free trade.
23 - The general evolution of the welfarist purpose: characteristics and difficulties.
24 - The specific evolution of the welfarist purpose: Third World(s) and development.
Conclusion.
Index.