In 1988 Jan Peters discovered a diary-like manuscript of a mercenary from the Thirty Years War. In the course of 24 years, this soldier covered 22,400 km across the whole of Europe. He revealed nothing about his name, age or origin. Research on his life is challenging: some things that are of intere[...]

The book examines one of the most debated issues in current international law: to what extent the international legal system has constitutional features comparable to what we find in national law. This question has become increasingly relevant in a time of globalization, where new international inst[...]