The Treaty of Tordesillas and the (re)Invention of International Law in the Age of Discovery

This paper aims to investigate some of the main features of sixteenth century international law in order to challenge traditional international law foundations. By exploring concrete cases, and indicating situations in which state and non-state actors resorted to international norms in order to prom...

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Main Author: Tatiana Waisberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2017-05-01
Series:Meridiano 47
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Online Access:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/MED/article/view/5295