Methodologically and theoretically innovative, this monograph draws from Marxism and
deconstruction bringing together the textual and the material in our understanding of …

This book argues that the colonial confrontation was central to the formation of international
law and, in particular, its founding concept, sovereignty. Traditional histories of the discipline …

Erudite and timely, this book is a key contribution to the renewal of radical theory and
politics. Addressing the paradox of a contemporary humanitarianism that has abandoned …

During the 1990s, humanitarian intervention seemed to promise a world in which
democracy, self-determination and human rights would be privileged over national interests …

An ethical legal Orientalism attends to the conditions of legal subject formation: rather than
positing the Chinese as simply lacking legal subjectivity, it allows for the possibility of …

As the future of international law has become a growing site of struggle within and between
powerful states, debates over the history of international law have become increasingly …

University Journal of International Law and Politics to contribute to your" Millennium Issue,"
although somewhat uncertain as to how to respond to the many challenges posed by your …

This article unpacks three normative claims on which the human rights project is based and
exposes the dark side of the project. The author examines the larger context within which …

That all states are free and equal under international law is axiomatic to the discipline. Yet
even a brief look at the dynamics of the international order calls that axiom into question …

Pragmatism is the credo of international institutions. It explains why they come into being
and how they evolve over time. Institutions represent the concrete manifestations of the …