An understanding of military occupation as a distinct phenomenon first emerged in the 18th century. This book shows how this understanding developed and the problems that the occupiers, the occupied, commentators and the courts encountered.
Stirk argues that military occupation should be regarded as a political phenomenon - a distinct form of government at the heart of which is the nature of obligation on... Læs mere
Provides an account of German political thought emphasising its diversity and contested nature, and presents an overview of the subject that allows access to relatively unknown figures as well as the ‘names’ of the tradition.