The-nomos-of-the-earth-by-carl-schmitt.pdf !full!

Land and sea are fundamentally different spatial mediums. Land is fixed, bordered, and conducive to state sovereignty. The sea is free, borderless, and conducive to trade and piracy. Schmitt argues that the Anglophone powers used the "freedom of the seas" to bypass the limitations of European land war. They fought "just wars" (ideological wars) rather than "duels," framing their enemies as pirates or criminals against humanity. This, Schmitt argues, destroyed the concept of the *just

For those needing the academic citation: The-Nomos-of-the-Earth-by-Carl-Schmitt.pdf