Emile Simpson argues that international law is both an expression and a foundation of international order understood as an inter-state system: neither international order nor international law can exist without the other. This argument will be developed through a brief history of the international law of war and peace from the seventeenth century to the present day.

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This seminar will present a historical account of how and why evolving concepts of the enemy in international law have influenced the boundaries between war and peace, specifically in terms of encouraging either clearly delimited or open-ended conflicts.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.