There are no limits to the rights of a State against "an unjust enemy"

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https://doi.org/10.5007/1677-2954.2020v19n2p250

Abstract

Schmitt argued that modern European international law separated just war, and the just cause for war. This separation has implied a progress in the legal rationalization of wars. Concerning Kant, Schmitt's analysis questions the philosopher's adherence to this modern thesis. For him, the mature Kant ended up by reverberating the just cause for wars in his RL, because of the concept of unjust enemy. The present text aims to defends Williams' interpretation that Kant not only abandoned the just cause for war, but also abandoned the notion of just war. 

Author Biographies

Delamar José Volpato Dutra, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, S.C.

Professor Titular da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Cláudio Ladeira de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, S.C.

Professor Associado da UFSC nos Cursos de Graduação e Pós-Graduação em Direito.

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Published

2020-09-21

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2020): Dossier Cosmopolitanism + Continuous Flow

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Dossier Cosmopolitanism

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