Penser l’ordre juridique international moderne: la hiérarchie des normes et la Société des Princes

This contribution focuses on the use of contemporary legal concepts in the historical analysis of the early modern law of nations. To what extent can we apply the concepts of norm hierarchy and precedence to conflicts between, on the one hand, fundamental laws, and, on the other hand, international treaties ? Using present-day international law scholarship (Robert Kolb, James Crawford), legal theory (Martti Koskenniemi) and cultural history of the political (Lucien Bély, Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger), traditional views in legal history can be revisited, creating an inspiring dialogue. This contribution treats the question of Philip V of Spain's renunciations on the French throne in 1713. For most legal historians, these declarations were void according to French public law. Yet, this was not the only view in the early eighteenth century either. A more horizontal view of monarchical actions in connection to fellow equal sovereigns ("La Société des Princes") makes a conflict between internal and international law plausible.

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