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In the shadow of the great powers: freedom of the sea and neutrality in the long Eighteenth Century
Cattelan, S. (2023). In the shadow of the great powers: freedom of the sea and neutrality in the long Eighteenth Century. Grotiana 44(1): 145-153. https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18760759-20230005
In: Grotiana. Brill: Netherlands. ISSN 0167-3831; e-ISSN 1876-0759, more
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    Marine/Coastal
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    Law of the sea; neutrality; small powers; diplomacy; history of international law; eighteenth century

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Abstract
    This note announces the launch of a research project at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel with the generous support of the Carlsberg Foundation and guidance from Prof. dr. Frederik Dhondt. The project explores the early steps of one of the most dynamic and debated branches of international law, namely the law of the sea. It focuses on the interactions between the principle of the freedom of the sea, maritime neutrality and small powers' diplomacy in the long eighteenth century. Analysing the rich archival material conserved in the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs -series Memoires et documents, Correspondance politique -as well as the Danish National Archives, or Rigsarkivet, the project aims at the construction of a rich narrative of multiple uses of the law of the sea as an argumentative political-legal framework to express state and private interest. By a close reading of largely unexplored sources, the project contributes to the broader turn to state practice in the history of international law, a booming field of interdisciplinary research.

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