Empire, Humanism and Rights: Collected Essays on Francisco de Vitoria

Contents
Conquest, Empire, and Peace: Vitoria, Charles V, Erasmus and the Foundations of the Law of Nations
	1 Introduction
	2 A New Utopian Space and the Transformation of ius gentium
	3 Erasmus´s Influence on the First Imperial Programme of Charles V and the Failure of the Philosophia Christi
	4 The Tower and the Forum, or on the Difficulties in Speaking Truth to the Emperor
	5 Dulce Bellum Inexpertis: Erasmus on Vitoria´s Just War
	6 Conclusion
	References
``The Affair of the Indies´´: International Law Before and After Vitoria
	1 Introduction
	2 Vitoria the Scholar
	3 International Law Before Vitoria
	4 Vitoria and International Law
	5 Vitoria: Praise and Blame
	6 Conclusion
	References
The Three Revivals of Francisco de Vitoria in the History of International Law
	1 Introduction
	2 The First Revival of Francisco de Vitoria in the Age of Imperialism
	3 The Second Revival of Francisco de Vitoria in the Interwar Period
	4 The Third Revival of Francisco de Vitoria in the Age of Globalization
		4.1 The International Constitutional Axis of the Third Vitorian Revival
		4.2 The Post-Colonial Axis of the Third Vitorian Revival
		4.3 The Historiographical Axis of the Third Vitorian Revival
	5 Conclusions. Renewing the Vitorian Historiography in International Law
	References
The Elements of Sovereignty in Francisco de Vitoria´s Political Thought
	1 Preliminary Remarks
		1.1 Imperial Humanism and Reason of State
	2 The Sovereign State and its Origin: The Question of Dominium
		2.1 Dominium, Public Authority and Internal Sovereignty
	3 The `Communitas Perfecta´ and External Sovereignty
	4 Constructing Sovereignty Beyond Europe
		4.1 The Limits to Universalist Claims
	5 Conclusion
	References
Francisco de Vitoria on the Theology of Dominion and Secular Natural Rights
	1 Introduction
	2 A Parisian Theologian
	3 Dominion
		3.1 Vere domini
		3.2 A Theological Dominium That Is Natural
		3.3 Secular Natural Rights
	4 Conclusion
	References
	Documents
The Possibility of the New World. Social Cohesion, Legal Order and the Invention of Rights in Iberian Scholastic Thought
	1 The Possibility of the New World and the Issue of Social Cohesion
	2 The Invention of Rights in Iberian Scholastic Thought
	3 The Issue of Rights in the Doctrines of Natural Law: A Different Approach
	4 The Theory of Rights and the Features of the Legal System
	References
On War and Peace in the First Modernity: From Erasmus´ Irenic Discourse to the Just War Theory of the Founder of the School of...
	1 Erasmus and Luther: An Ethical-Moral Reading and a Theological Reading of the War
	2 Francisco de Vitoria: A Political Reading of War
	3 Conclusion
	References
Vitoria and Erasmus on the Justice of War
	1 Introduction: Just War Theory in Context
	2 Erasmus´s Utopian Cry for Peace
	3 Vitoria´s Prudent Struggle for Peace
	4 Christian Humanism, Just War Theory and the Ideal of Peace
	5 Conclusion. Utopia and Prudence and Why They Both Matter Today
	References
Theorizing on the Institution of War in Erasmus and Vitoria During the Universalmonarchie of Charles V
	1 Introduction
	2 Charles V, a Monarch Straddling Politics and Christianity
	3 Erasmus´s Political Evangelism
	4 Vitoria and the Liquidation of the Empire
	5 Conclusions
	References
Vitoria and Erasmus, Together for a New Order of the Universo Mundo
	1 Introduction
	2 Vitoria´s Idea of a Regulator of the General Interests of the International Community
	3 The Political Ideas of ERASMUS to Build a Better-Organised World
	4 Did Vitoria and Erasmus Have Ideas in Common for the World Order?
	5 The Relevance of Vitorian and Erasmian Thinking for the New World Order
	6 Conclusions
	References