Towards a substantive conception of ius post bellum: a Hobbesian argument

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  • Ricardo García Manrique

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https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.182.09

Keywords:

Ius post bellum, social contract, Hobbes, right to a minimum standard of living.

Abstract

The social contract theory, in the Hobbesian version, could be a suitable foundation for the justification of a substantive conception of ius post bellum. Ius post bellum might thus be characterized as a renewal of the social contract in which the instaurative element prevails over the restaurative and the transitional ones. This conception rests on two assuptions: the first one is that peace will be solid and stable only when it is dynamically orientated towards justice; the second one is that the time of justice is always the future and not the past. As a consequence, ius post bellum should include, at least, the right to a minimum standard of living, a right that can be supported on a certain reading of Hobbes’ works as well as on a series of rulings issued by a variety of domestic and international courts.

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García Manrique, R. (2018). Towards a substantive conception of ius post bellum: a Hobbesian argument. Revista De Estudios Políticos, (182), 251–269. https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.182.09

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