The reason of states: a study in international political theory

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Practice of a States-System -- 2 Legitimacy in a States-System: Vattel's Law of Nations -- 3 Patterns of Thought and Practice: Martin Wight's 'International Theory' -- 4 The Political Theorists and International Theory -- 5 The Problem of Meaning in International Thought -- 6 Knowledge, the State and the State of Nature -- 7 International Society and International Theory -- 8 Justice in International Relations -- 9 Obligation and the Understanding of International Relations -- 10 The Justification of the State -- 11 International Relations and Philosophy of History -- 12 Schools of Thought in International Relations -- Index.