Great Britain, International Law, and the Evolution of Maritime Strategic Thought, 1856–1914, written by Gabriela Frei
Dhondt, F. (2022). Great Britain, International Law, and the Evolution of Maritime Strategic Thought, 1856–1914, written by Gabriela Frei. Journal of the History of International Law 24(2): 293-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718050-12340205 In: Journal of the History of International Law. Brill|Nijhoff: Netherlands. ISSN 1388-199X; e-ISSN 1571-8050, more Related to:Frei, G.A. (2020). Great Britain, international law, and the evolution of maritime strategic thought, 1856–1914. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-885993-2. 242 pp., more |  |
| Abstract | In a first chapter (‘The Sea as a Legal and Strategic Space’, 1–11), the author maps the intellectual context of the work. The second chapter is devoted to the ‘Making of Neutrality Policy’ (12–29), which sets out the scene for the admirable and thorough chapter three (‘The Law of the Sea and State Practice’), built on archival records from the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) to the Second Hague Conference (1907). Frei explains how Britain advanced the cause of neutral rights, but of course, never in a disinterested way. The amendment to the Foreign Enlistment Act in 1870 was meant to deter British citizens, but also to serve as an example for other states. |
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