The Law of Nations in Early American Foreign Policy

Willem Theo Oosterveld (Ph.D, Graduate Institute, Geneva, 2011) is a strategic analyst with The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies in The Hague (Netherlands), where he works on issues relating to conflict, justice and development.

Epigraph
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Chronology of Events

INTRODUCTION
ANTECEDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AMERICA
1.1 THE CONTINENTAL TRADITION
1.2 THE COMMON LAW TRADITION
THE MOVE TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
2.1 THE COLONIES AND THE BRITISH IMPERIAL CONSTITUTION
2.2 INDEPENDENCE, UNION, AND THE LAW OF NATIONS
THE STRUGGLE TO CONSOLIDATE THE REPUBLIC
3.1 THE FRENCH ALLIANCE AND THE BALANCE OF POWER
3.2 FOREIGN RELATIONS UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW OF NATIONS
4.1 THE LAW OF NATIONS AND THE FRAMING OF THE CONSTITUTION
4.2 THE CONSTITUTION FROM AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL PERSPECTIVE
LAW AND FOREIGN POLICY IN THE FEDERALIST ERA
(1789-1801)
5.1 TOWARDS THE NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION: HAMILTON VS. JEFFERSON
5.2 BALANCING NEUTRAL RIGHTS AND TREATY OBLIGATIONS
LAW AND FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THOMAS JEFFERSON
6.1 THE MISSISSIPPI AND BEYOND:
THE LAW OF NATIONS AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
6.2 FREEDOM OF THE SEAS AND MARITIME COMMERCE
FROM THE WAR OF 1812 TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE
7.1 THE WAR OF 1812: FIGHTING OVER THE LAW OF NATIONS
7.2 TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Documentary Sources
Selected Websites
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