Présentation de l'éditeur:" After 1898 the United States not only solidified its position as an
economic colossus, but by annexing Puerto Rico and the Philippines it had also added for …

In his extensive body of work, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim challenges both
historical interpretations of Islamic Sharia and neo-colonial understanding of human rights …

The question of'humanitarian intervention'has been a staple of international law for around
200 years, with a renewed interest in the history of the subject emerging in the last twenty …

The settlement of Versailles was more than a failed peace. What was debated at the Paris
Peace Conference of 1919–1920 hugely influenced how nations and empires, sovereignty …

Many scholars would agree that, however it is structured, colonial domination contains
within itself a racist principle, and that as a result—to remain within the juridical realm …

Histories of human rights have emerged as a popular genre of scholarship in a variety of
disciplines. 1 An array of scholars has offered both celebratory and critical accounts of the …

HOW GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM TURNS REFUGEES INTO CHEAP LABOR Historian
Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime …

During the four years of preliminary meetings that led to the 1977 Protocols Additional I and
II governing internal armed conflict, the prohibitions against superfluous injury and …

A massively destructive and transformative event, the First World War left in its wake many
legacies. Beyond 1917 explores both the consequences of the war for the United States …

Though recent years have seen a proliferation of critical histories of international law, their
normative significance remains under-theorized, especially from the perspective of general …