Mestizo International Law: A Global Intellectual History 1842-1933

ISBN-13: 9781316618509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 420 str.

Arnulf Becker Lorca

Opis

This book explores the historical origins of international law, with a focus on the contributions and participation of non-Western people.

Recenzje

'… the book offers a wealth of knowledge, and a deep critique and reframing of our understanding of the system of international law, a perspective that should interest most of us involved in theorizing the international system.' Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal, Revue québécoise de droit international

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Mestizo International Law: 1. Why a global intellectual history of international law?; Part II. Universal International Law: 2. Appropriating classical legal thought; 3. The imposition and negotiation of rules: hybridity and functional equivalences; 4. The expansion of nineteenth-century international law as circulation; Part III. The Fall of Classical Thought and the Turn to Modern International Law: 5. Sovereignty beyond the West, the end of classical international law; 6. Modern international law: good news for the semi-periphery?; Part IV. Modern International Law: 7. Petitioning the international: a 'pre-history' of self-determination; 8. Circumventing self-determination: league membership and armed resistance; 9. Codifying international law: statehood and non-intervention; Conclusion.