Politics and the Histories of International Law : : The Quest for Knowledge and Justice / / edited by Raphael Schäfer and Anne Peters.

• Superior document: Legal History Library
• TeilnehmendeR: Schäfer, Raphael.; Peters, Anne.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Legal History Library
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (513 pages)

"What are the implications of writing the history of legal issues? Eighteen authors from different legal systems and backgrounds offer different answers, by examining the history writing on issues ranging from slavery over the use of force to extraterritorial jurisdiction. Contributions show how historiography has often distorted or neglected regional cultures and suggest alternative methods and approaches to history writing. These studies are highly relevant for current international relations in which the fight over master narratives is especially fierce among governments, in different academic fields, and also between governments and academics. Contributors are: Jean d'Aspremont, Julia Bühner, Emiliano J.Buis, Maria Adele Carrai, Jacob Katz Cogan, Ríán Derrig, Angelo Dube, Michel Erpelding, Etienne Henry, Madeleine Herren, Randall Lesaffer, Anne-Charlotte Martineau, Parvathi Menon, Momchil Milanov, Hirofumi Oguri, Gustavo Prieto, Hendrik Simon, Sebastian Spitra, and Deborah Whitehall"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Strength through diversity? the paradox of extraterritoriality and the history of the odd ones out / Madeleine Herren -- The politics of writing on the history of slavery in international law / Anne-Charlotte Martineau -- Edmund Burke and the ambivalence of protection for slaves : between humanity and control / Parvathi Menon -- One hundred years of soli(dari)tude : the creation of the refugee regime and the politics of humanitarianism / Momchil Milanov -- Theorising order in the shadow of war : the politics of international legal knowledge and the justification of force in modernity / Hendrik Simon -- The road to collective security : Soviet Russia, the League of Nations, and the emergence of the ius contra bellum in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution (1917-1934) / Etienne Henry -- Three wartime textbooks of international law / Deborah Whitehall-- The politics of history in the Late Qing Era : William A. P. Martin and a history of international law for China / Maria Adele Carrai -- Mixed claims commissions in Latin America during the 19th and 20th centuries : the development of international law in between Caudillos and revolutions / Gustavo Prieto --The forgotten continent? a South African perspective on the development of African international legal thought / Angelo Dube and Lindelwa Mhlongo -- International law and the European Court of Justice : the politics of avoiding history / Michel Erpelding -- Civilisation, protection, restitution : a critical history of international cultural heritage law in the 19th and 20th Century / Sebastian M. Spitra -- International law, science, and psychology in the New Haven School / Ríán Derrig -- Histories hidden in the shadow : Vitoria and the international ostracism of Francoist Spain / Julia Bühner -- Turntablism in the history of international law / Jean d'Aspremont-- The politics of anti-politics : historiographies of international law and the paradox of antiquity / Emiliano J. Buis -- Combatting Naïve positivism by Quellenkritik : Lassa Oppenheim and his ascertainment of customary international law / Hirofumi Oguri -- A history of international law in the vernacular / Jacob Katz Cogan