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 …

Today, Western intervention is a ubiquitous feature of violent conflict in Africa. Humanitarian
aid agencies, community peacebuilders, microcredit promoters, children's rights activists, the …

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the most prominent initiative on the global
development agenda and have a great deal in common with human rights commitments. But …

From the Ogoni people devastated by oil drilling in Nigeria to the Inuit and other indigenous
populations threatened by climate change, communities disparately burdened by …

This book is a collection of essays that identify and analyze a new phase in thinking about
the role of law in economic development and in the practices of development agencies that …

The rise of economic liberalism in the latter stages of the 20th century coincided with a
fundamental transformation of international economic governance, especially through the …

This is a book about the constitutionalization of the World Trade Organization, and the
contemporary development of institutional forms and democratic ideas associated with …

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 …

All sovereign states are equal. 1 Colonies, by definition, lack sovereignty. But the
transformation of colonial territories* Professor of Law, SJ Quinney School of Law, University …

One of the most significant events in the field of development in recent years has been the
effort to incorporate social concerns into the mainstream agenda of market reform and …