In the interwar years, James Brown Scott wrote a series of works on the history international law, arguing that the foundation of modern international law rested with the 16th century Spanish theologian Francisco de Vitoria. This book describes the Spanish origin project in context, and explores its impact on international law as we know it today.

• Introduction


• Prologue: The Education of James Brown Scott, 1866-1896


• Part I: The Rise and Fall of James Brown Scott and the Turn to United States history, 1898-1921


• 1: Explaining Scott's Turn to American History


• 2: International Law as Faith. The Cuban Intervention and the Narrative of 1898


• 3: International Law as Science. Scott's Historical Case for Adjudication and the Fight against Collective Security


• Part II: Rewriting International Legal History: Vitoria and the New World, 1925-1939


• 4: The Spanish Origin of International Law


• 5: The Catholic Conception of International Law


• 6: Apostles of Equality: James Brown Scott and the Feminist Cause


• Concluding Remarks: The Legacy of James Brown Scott and the Responsibilities of International Legal History

Paolo Amorosa is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives at the University of Helsinki. Between 2012 and 2016 he was a fellow at the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, within the Academy of Finland project 'History of International Law: Religion and Empire'. He obtained a Doctor of Laws degree from the Law Faculty of the University of Helsinki in 2018. He co-edited International Law and Religion: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (OUP, 2017). His main research interests lie in the history of international law, human rights, and European integration.