Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law

Name: Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law
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ISBN: 9780521702720

ISBN-10: 0521702720

ISBN-13: 9780521702720

Edition: 2007

Authors: Antony Anghie

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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 present colonialism and non-European peoples as peripheral concerns. By contrast, Anghie argues that international law has always been animated by the 'civilizing mission' - the project of governing non-European peoples, and that the economic exploitation and cultural subordination that resulted were constitutively significant for the discipline. In developing these arguments, the book examines different phases of the colonial encounter, ranging from the sixteenth century to the League of Nations…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 380
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Professor of Law at the S. J. Quinney School of Law, University of Utah.



Foreword



Acknowledgements


Table of cases


Table of treaties


Introduction



Francisco de Vitoria and the colonial origins of international law


Introduction


Vitoria and the problem of universal law


War, sovereignty and the transformation of the Indian


Conclusion



Finding the peripheries: colonialism in nineteenth-century international law


Introduction


Elements of positivist jurisprudence


Defining and excluding the uncivilized


Native personality and managing the colonial encounter


Reconceptualizing sovereignty



Colonialism and the birth of international institutions: the Mandate System of the League of Nations


Introduction


The creation of the Mandate System


The League of Nations and the new international law


The Mandate System and colonial problems


The Mandate System and the construction of the non-European state


Government, sovereignty and economy


The mandate and the dissolution of sovereignty


The legacies of the Mandate System: toward the present


Conclusion



Sovereignty and the post-colonial state


Introduction


Decolonization and the universality of international law


Development, nationalism and the post-colonial state


Development and the reform of international law


Permanent sovereignty over natural resources and the New International Economic Order


The 1962 Resolution on PSNR


The 1974 Charter of Rights and Duties Among States


Colonialism and the emergence of transnational law


Sources of law and international contracts


Overview and conclusions



Governance and globalization, civilization and commerce


Introduction


Good governance and the Third World


Governance, human rights and the universal


International financial institutions, human rights and good governance


International financial institutions and the Mandate System


Conclusions and overview



On making war on the terrorist: imperialism as self-defence


Introduction


The war against terrorism


The United States and imperial democracy


Historical origins: war, conquest and self-defence


Terrorism and the United Nations: a Vitorian moment


Terrorism, self-defence and Third World sovereignty


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index