In the Embrace of France: The Law of Nations and Constitutional Law in the French Satellite States of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Age (1789-1815) Book

In the course of a "rewriting of the early-modern and 19th-century international law," this edited volume deals with the so far underexposed revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, especially with the position of the French satellite states according to international law and the coherent considerations about constitutional law and power structure. The contributions include 6 papers written in English, 5 papers in French, and 1 in German. Contents include: In the Embrace of France: An Introduction . La gen se de la Constitution batave de 1798, un produit fran ais? . Farewell to the American Dream: Dutch Interest in American Constitutional Developments in the Early Nineteenth Century . Wie die, Blauhelme' des Heiligen Reiches die, gl ckliche' L tticher Revolution auf Befehl aufgekl rter Richter niederwarfen (1789-1791) . 'R volutions de France et de Brabant': Heurs et malheurs de la R volution braban onne dans le tourbillon de la France . From 'Schwesterrepublik' to 'Revolverrepublik': French Embrace and German Acceptance/Repulse . On the Way to a State of Law? The Constitutional Development of the Grand Duchy of Berg (1806-1813) . Les R publiques-soeurs et la France: Droit international et tentatives d' mancipation dans les crits deMatteo Galdi . H g monie ou R publicanisme cosmopolitique? Le nouvel ordre europ en sous le Directoire et le Consulat . A Very Uncertain Perspective...The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Age and International Relations in Europe, in the Views of Georg Friedrich von Martens (1756-1821) . La juridiction fran aise des prises maritimes l' poque r volutionnaire et napol onienne (1792-1814) . A Tale of Dwarfs and Giants: The Batavian Republic and the Franco-Anglo Peace.