Nature of Customary Law: Legal, Historical and Philosophical Perspectives Book

Introduction Amanda Perreau-Saussine and James B. Murphy;

Part I. Custom and Reason [or Morality']: Natural Law, Customary Law, And Ius Gentium:

1. Pitfalls in the interpretation of customary law Frederick Schauer;
2. The moral role of conventions Ross Harrison;
3. Habit and convention at the foundation of custom James B. Murphy;
4. Custom, ordinance and natural right in Gratian's Decretum Jean Porter;
5. Vitoria and Suarez on Ius Gentium, Natural Law, and Custom Brian Tierney;
6. Custom and positivity: an examination of the philosophic ground of the Hegel-Savigny controversy Christoph Kletzer;

Part II. Custom and Law: Custom, Common Law, and Customary International Law:
7. Custom in medieval law David Ibbetson;
8. Siege warfare in the early modern age: a study on the customary laws of war Randall Lesaffer;
9. The idea of common law as custom Alan Cromartie;
10. Three ways of writing a treatise on public international law: textbooks and the nature of customary international law Amanda Perreau-Saussine;
11. Custom, common law reasoning and the law of nations in the nineteenth century Michael Lobban;
12. Custom in international law: a normative practice account Gerald J. Postema;
13. Customary international law and the quest for global justice John Tasioulas.