The global movement for racial justice and the rise of anti-Asian hate at the height of the
pandemic have called new attention to race and racism in international politics. Although …

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 …

The climate surrounding foreign investment law is one of controversy and change, and with
implications for human rights and environmental protection, foreign investment law has …

* Professor of Law and Director, Human Rights Center, State University of New York at
Buffalo School of Law. SJD, Harvard Law School, 1987; LL. M., Harvard Law School, 1985; …

In 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and with it a
profusion of norms, processes, and institutions to define, promote, and protect human rights …

This chapter focuses on the relationship between positivism and colonialism. It examines the
way in which positivism dealt with the colonial confrontation. The chapter shows how …

The regime of international law is illegitimate. 1 It is a predatory system that legitimizes,
reproduces and sustains the plunder and subordination of the Third World by the West. 2 …

Method in International Law in 1999, Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)
was omitted. 1 TWAIL is not a" method" if by method we simply refer to a means of …

The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and
original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues of international law. The first …

The emergence of new states and independence movements after the Cold War has
intensified the long-standing disagreement among international lawyers over the right of self …