The gentle civilizer of nations the rise and fall of international law, 1870-1960 - Koskenniemi, Martti (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
"The legal conscience of the civilized world" -- Sovereignty: a gift of civilization--international lawyers and imperialism, 1870-1914 -- International law as philosophy: Germany 1871-1933 -- International law as sociology: French "solidarism" 1871-1950 -- Lauterpacht: the Victorian tradition in international law -- Out of Europe: Carl Schmitt, Hans Morgenthau, and the turn to "international relations."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-558) and index