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Schmitt argues that the drawing of these lines was the foundational act of European international law. It allowed European sovereigns to look outward—to appropriate the New World—while avoiding total war among themselves at home. This created the first global order.

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To download is to download a challenge. Schmitt forces the reader to abandon the assumption that international law flows from morality or reason. Instead, he insists it flows from the soil, the plow, the sword, and the ship. Schmitt argues that the drawing of these lines

) has transformed limited international conflicts into moralized, "total" wars. For a detailed summary of the key concepts and structure, explore the analysis at Diploma 14 Hannah Arendt reads Carl Schmitt's The Nomos of the Earth Follow me on Twitter @AlexRiveraILH for updates on

The most critical section for most readers of the PDF is Schmitt’s praise (and later mourning) of the — the European public law that existed between the 16th and early 20th centuries.

During this era, the sovereign state became the primary agent. The key innovation was the . War ceased to be a religious crusade or a private feud. It became a duel between equal sovereigns. This created the distinction between justus hostis (a just enemy) and the criminal.