This article examines recent, and contrasting, methodological developments in the history of international law. These include the recent defense of anachronism by leading historians of international law, on the one hand, as well as a growing number of studies that focus upon the practice of international law, on the other. The article contends that contextual history need not cut the past off from the present, as some critics have maintained. At the same time, it calls for a richer understanding of context that explores the connections between so-called ‘theory’ and practice.

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国际法史上的语境

本文考察了国际法历史上最近的，与众不同的方法论发展。这些一方面包括国际主要历史学家最近对过时主义的辩护，另一方面包括越来越多的关注国际法实践的研究。文章认为，上下文历史不需要像某些批评家所坚持的那样切断过去与现在的联系。同时，它要求对上下文有更丰富的理解，以探索所谓的“理论”与实践之间的联系。