Stephen C. Neff (University of Edinburgh). Justice among Nations (Harvard University Press, 2014)."Stephen Neff avoids technical jargon as he surveys doctrines from natural law to feminism, and practices from the Warring States of China to the international criminal courts of today. Ancient China produced the first rudimentary set of doctrines. But the cornerstone of later international law was laid by the Romans, in the form of natural law—a universal law that was superior to early laws and governments. . . . New challenges in the nineteenth century encompassed the advance of nationalism, the rise of free trade and European imperialism, the formation of international organizations, and the arbitration of disputes. . . . The twentieth century witnessed the formation of the League of Nations and a World Court, but also the rise of socialist and fascist states and the advent of the Cold War. . . . . As Neff makes clear, further threats to the rule of law today come from environmental pressures, genocide, and terrorism."—Justice among Nations book jacket
