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- International Review of the Red Cross, No. 290 (September-October 1992). Special: 1492-1992: 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas. Contains the following articles:
- “The Spanish School of the New Law of Nations”, by Sergio Moratiel Villa;
- “Diálogos militares by Diego García de Palacio: The first American work on the law of nations” by Alejandro Valencia Villa;
- “The defence of human dignity in the New World, by Fernando Murillo Rubiera;
- “Milestones in the defence of dignity and basic human rights in America”; and
- “Charter of rights of the Indians according to the School of Salamanca” by Luciano Pereña Vicente.
See also the ebooks and texts listed on the pages “Online text: “The Law of War in Francisco Suárez”, by Dr. Paulo Borges de Macedo“, “Online text: “The Thomism of Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Indians of the New World”, by Dr. Thomas Francis Xavier Varacalli“, and “Online text: “Human Identity and Otherness – Learning from Francisco De Vitoria”, by Dr. Claus Dierksmeier“; as well as these related texts:
- “Bartolomé De Las Casas e Francisco De Vitoria: Filosofia Política e Moral no debate sobre o direito natural e o Direito das Gentes no Novo Mundo”, por Antonio Patativa de Sales. Construindo Direito, Vol. 2, n. 2 (Dezembro 2010). Disponível em Faculdade de Integração do Sertão.
- “Creating Justice in an Emerging World: The Natural Law Basis of Francisco De Vitoria’s Political and International Thought”, by Luis Valenzuela-Vermehren, Ideas y Valores, vol. LXVI, no. 163 (2017): pp. 39-64. May be read online at the Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc.
- “Empire and International Law: The Real Spanish Contribution”, by Martti Koskenniemi, University of Toronto Law Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2011): pp. 1-36. Available in pdf format at the University of Helsinki.
- “Empire, Sovereignty, and Justice in Francisco De Vitoria’s International Thought: A Re-Interpretation of De Indis (1532)” / “Imperio, soberanía y justicia en el pensamiento internacionalista de Francisco De Vitoria: Una re-interpretación de De Indis (1532)”, by Luis Valenzuela-Vermehren, Revista Chilena de Derecho, Vol. 40, No. 1 (2013): pp. 259-297. Available in pdf format at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; and may be read online and available in pdf format at the Scientific Electronic Library Online Chile; and available in pdf format at ResearchGate.net.
- “Just War: Catholicism’s Contribution to International Law”, by James Gaffney, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Volume 14, Number 3, Summer 2011): pp. 44-68. Available in pdf format at Loyola University New Orleans.
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