TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dhondt,Frederik
TI  - Balance of power and norm hierarchy: Franco-British diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht 
T2  - Legal History Library,
SN  - 9789004293755
AV  - KZ1242 .D38 2015eb
U1  - 341.3/709409033 23
CY  - Leiden, The Netherlands
PB  - Koninklijke Brill.
KW  - International law
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The System of Stanhope and Dubois (1717–1723) -- Stanhope and Dubois’s Diplomatic Legacy -- Jealousy and Misunderstandings? The Disintegration of the European System (1731–1740) -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Simplified Genealogies -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Balance of Power and Norm Hierarchy: Franco-British Diplomacy after the Peace of Utrecht offers a detailed study of French and British diplomacy in the age of ‘Walpole and Fleury’. After Louis XIV’s decease, European international relations were dominated by the collaboration between James Stanhope and Guillaume Dubois. Their alliance focused on the amendment and enlargement of the peace treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt and Baden. In-depth analysis of vast archival material uncovers the practical legal arguments used between Hampton Court and Versailles. ‘Balance of Power’ or ‘Tranquillity of Europe’ were in fact metaphors for the predominance of treaty law even over the most fundamental municipal norms. An implacable logic of norm hierarchy allowed to consolidate peace in Europe
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004293755
ER  -