A Topic of Moral Theology
The Law of Nations
The society of nations and the law between them: a nation's rights, and what nations owe each other.
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international law · ius gentium (ed.)
In the index as Law of nations · International law · *Jus gentium,* · Arbiter · International society · Law · Law, defined · Madison · Nation · Private property: juridical explanation · Rights, of God · Society
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. I, Tr. II, Diss. II, Pt. I, Sect. III, Ch. I, Art. II, Sect. III, Scholion I. On the Law of Nations, n. 93 — According to some, the law of nations is referred to positive law, which is a determination of the law of nature, and thus can be defined: positive law determining the law of nature, introduced by the human race, and ind… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. I, Tr. III, Ch. I, Appendix: On the *Ius Gentium*, nn. ¶1, 246, 247, 248 & 249 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter IV: International Law, nn. 255, 256, ¶540, 257, ¶542, ¶543, 258, 259, ¶546, ¶547, 260, ¶549, ¶550, ¶551, 261, ¶553, ¶554, ¶555, ¶556, ¶557, ¶558, ¶559 & 262 (23 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Divine Positive Law — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)