Claire Vergerio
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Vergerio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Vergerio |
| SIGNATURE | VERGERIO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2690-2112 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
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Woven and warring cosmologies
Our article discusses the potential of the concept of ‘woven and warring cosmologies’ to better understand how various ways of making and ordering early modern politico-legal authority ‘hang together’. Through an exploration of literatures in history of international law (HIL) and Historical International Relations (HIR), which tend to remain legally anchored, focus on practices, or put forward ideational meta-concepts, we find that there is a ne…
Three histories of the system of states
War, States, and International Order
Who has the right to wage war? The answer to this question constitutes one of the most fundamental organizing principles of any international order. Under contemporary international humanitarian law, this right is essentially restricted to sovereign states. It has been conventionally assumed that this arrangement derives from the ideas of the late-sixteenth century jurist Alberico Gentili. Claire Vergerio argues that this story is a myth, invente…
Canon-making in the history of international legal and political thought
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War, States, and International Order
On Empire, Race and Global Justice , the Joseph Fletcher prize forum
Duncan Bell’s Empire, Race and Global Justice expertly bares an uncomfortable truth: the field of global justice is a naked emperor in need of new clothes. In their contributions to this forum, the
System, Order, and International Law
Context, reception, and the study of great thinkers in international relations
While the discipline of International Relations (IR) has a long tradition of celebrating ‘great thinkers’ and appropriating their ideas for contemporary theories, it has rarely accounted for how these authors came to be seen as ‘great’ in the first place. This is at least partly a corollary of the discipline’s long-standing aversion to methodological reflection in its engagement with intellectual history, and it echoes IR’s infamous tendency to m…
Alberico Gentili’s De iure belli
Based on a detailed analysis of Gentili’s use of sources in De iure belli , this article argues that Gentili’s famous treatise on the laws of war is an incongruous attempt at reconciling an absolutist conception of sovereignty and a strong penchant for reason of state principles with an enduring commitment to the language of natural law and to its centrality in ordering relations between sovereigns
From Metropolis to Microcosmos
While some denounce the legacies of colonialism they discern in the EU’s practices and discourse, others believe these accusations to be unfounded, raising the question: how apt is the analogy between the 19th-century standard of civilisation and the EU’s narratives and modes of actions today? In this essay, we address the question by developing a ‘new standards typology’ articulated around two axes: agency denial and hierarchy. These refer respe…
Context, reception, and the study of great thinkers in international relations
While the discipline of International Relations (IR) has a long tradition of celebrating ‘great thinkers’ and appropriating their ideas for contemporary theories, it has rarely accounted for how these authors came to be seen as ‘great’ in the first place. This is at least partly a corollary of the discipline’s long-standing aversion to methodological reflection in its engagement with intellectual history, and it echoes IR’s infamous tendency to m…
From Metropolis to Microcosmos
While some denounce the legacies of colonialism they discern in the EU’s practices and discourse, others believe these accusations to be unfounded, raising the question: how apt is the analogy between the 19th-century standard of civilisation and the EU’s narratives and modes of actions today? In this essay, we address the question by developing a ‘new standards typology’ articulated around two axes: agency denial and hierarchy. These refer respe…
Canon-making in the history of international legal and political thought
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Three histories of the system of states
From Metropolis to Microcosmos
While some denounce the legacies of colonialism they discern in the EU’s practices and discourse, others believe these accusations to be unfounded, raising the question: how apt is the analogy between the 19th-century standard of civilisation and the EU’s narratives and modes of actions today? In this essay, we address the question by developing a ‘new standards typology’ articulated around two axes: agency denial and hierarchy. These refer respe…
Alberico Gentili’s De iure belli
Based on a detailed analysis of Gentili’s use of sources in De iure belli , this article argues that Gentili’s famous treatise on the laws of war is an incongruous attempt at reconciling an absolutist conception of sovereignty and a strong penchant for reason of state principles with an enduring commitment to the language of natural law and to its centrality in ordering relations between sovereigns
Context, reception, and the study of great thinkers in international relations
While the discipline of International Relations (IR) has a long tradition of celebrating ‘great thinkers’ and appropriating their ideas for contemporary theories, it has rarely accounted for how these authors came to be seen as ‘great’ in the first place. This is at least partly a corollary of the discipline’s long-standing aversion to methodological reflection in its engagement with intellectual history, and it echoes IR’s infamous tendency to m…
System, Order, and International Law
On Empire, Race and Global Justice , the Joseph Fletcher prize forum
Duncan Bell’s Empire, Race and Global Justice expertly bares an uncomfortable truth: the field of global justice is a naked emperor in need of new clothes. In their contributions to this forum, the
War, States, and International Order
Who has the right to wage war? The answer to this question constitutes one of the most fundamental organizing principles of any international order. Under contemporary international humanitarian law, this right is essentially restricted to sovereign states. It has been conventionally assumed that this arrangement derives from the ideas of the late-sixteenth century jurist Alberico Gentili. Claire Vergerio argues that this story is a myth, invente…
Canon-making in the history of international legal and political thought
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
War, States, and International Order
Three histories of the system of states
Reply to reviewers
Woven and warring cosmologies
Our article discusses the potential of the concept of ‘woven and warring cosmologies’ to better understand how various ways of making and ordering early modern politico-legal authority ‘hang together’. Through an exploration of literatures in history of international law (HIL) and Historical International Relations (HIR), which tend to remain legally anchored, focus on practices, or put forward ideational meta-concepts, we find that there is a ne…
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