Justice, humanity and law in Marti's concept of necessary war

Justice and humanity in Martí's concept of necessary war is the result of doctoral research José Miguel Soler Texidor, concluded in 2013 and motivated by the link with the Center for Martí Studies. The text introduces us to the studies carried out by the Apostle, José Martí, at the end of his Bachelor's Degree in Civil and Canon Law, on June 30, 1874, in order to deepen his specialty. In Mexico (between 1875-1877) and in the United States (from 1880 to 1894) he analyzed issues of international law about which he wrote in the leading newspapers of his time. The continuous use in the Montecristi Manifesto and in the War Circulars, programmatic documents of the organization of the Necessary War, of the most advanced concepts, categories, norms and principles of the Law of War, make it a precursor of Law Humanitarian International.

As a result of the passion that everything related to Martí arouses in José Miguel Soler, as a teacher and legal advisor of the Martí Program Office, this work is divided into three chapters, the first one addresses the "Historical, theoretical and normative foundations of international community law" , the second chapter deals with “José Martí's Humanitarian Jus Training. Theoretical and normative sources” and, finally, the “Systemic Conception of Martí's Ius Humanitarianism”. Its reading offers interesting perspectives and little discussed about the work and ideas of the "most universal of all Cubans."