States, Nations and Borders

'Most collections which deal with issues of this sort bring together a variety of more or less persuasive arguments. This collection, in contrast, will provide people with the means of making much better arguments about the subject. For it brings together in one volume the widest possible range of thinking about these issues. I learned a great deal from reading this volume and so will, I believe, almost everyone else interested in these issues, including those who already possess considerable expertise on the subject … Whatever your interest, whether it is to understand how different people approach boundary controversies or to figure out how to improve one's understanding of them, this collection has something to teach you.' Bernard Yack, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 1. Introduction Allen Buchanan and Margaret Moore; Part I. The Jewish Tradition: 2. Making and unmaking the boundaries of the Holy Land Menachem Lorberbaum; 3. Man-made boundaries and man-made holiness in the Jewish tradition Daniel Statman; Part II. The Confucian Tradition: 4. The making and unmaking of boundaries: a contemporary Confucian perspective Daniel Bell; 5. Borders of our minds: territories, boundaries, and power in the Confucian tradition L. H. M. Ling; Part III. The Christian Tradition: 6. The Christian tradition Anthony Pagden; 7. Christianity and territorial right Reverend Oliver O'Donovan; Part IV. The Natural Law Tradition: 8. The making and unmaking of boundaries from the Natural Law perspective Richard Tuck; 9. Natural Law and the re-making of boundaries John Finnis; Part V. The Islamic Tradition: 10. Political boundaries and moral communities: an Islamic perspective Sohail H. Hashmi; 11. The unbounded law of God and territorial boundaries Khaled Abou El Fadl; Part VI. The Liberal Tradition: 12. The making and unmaking of boundaries: what liberalism has to say Allen Buchanan; 13. Liberalism and boundaries: a response to Allen Buchanan David Miller; Part VI. The International Law Tradition: 14. The making and unmaking of boundaries: international law Andrew Hurrell; 15. People and boundaries: an internationalized public law approach Benedict Kingsbury; Part VIII. Conclusion: 16. Overview Margaret Moore.