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Decolonising International Law unravels the imperial and emancipatory nature of international law, showing how the idea of economic growth forecloses law's promise of justice, and how the concept of development interacts with the structure of international law to maintain global inequality.

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'This important and timely book is thoroughly researched, methodically written, and both instructive and convincing.' Muin Boase and Mansur Boase, European Journal of International Law
'This book is a critical, thought-provoking and well-written account of how the post-Second World War international law and institutions have been used by the West (an imagined community itself) to construct and impose a new rational truth based on particular values, norms and socio-political organisations that were defined as universal … The core part of the book is a very lucid analysis of three cases in which relevant concepts and processes defended by the Third World with a potentially destabilizing nature, in the end were captured by the West and turned into instruments at its service rather than as catalysers of change.' Felipe Gómez Isa, Peacebuilding

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1. Introduction; 2. Inaugurating a new rationality; 3. From decolonisation to developmental nation state; 4. From permanent sovereignty to investor protection; 5. From the rule of international law to the internationalisation of the rule of law; 6. Conclusion.

Decolonising International Law Development Economic Growth And The Politics Of Universality 86 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 86

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 10/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107657472, 978-1107657472
      ISBN10: 1107657474
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Decolonising International Law unravels the imperial and emancipatory nature of international law, showing how the idea of economic growth forecloses law's promise of justice, and how the concept of development interacts with the structure of international law to maintain global inequality.

      Trade Review
      'This important and timely book is thoroughly researched, methodically written, and both instructive and convincing.' Muin Boase and Mansur Boase, European Journal of International Law
      'This book is a critical, thought-provoking and well-written account of how the post-Second World War international law and institutions have been used by the West (an imagined community itself) to construct and impose a new rational truth based on particular values, norms and socio-political organisations that were defined as universal … The core part of the book is a very lucid analysis of three cases in which relevant concepts and processes defended by the Third World with a potentially destabilizing nature, in the end were captured by the West and turned into instruments at its service rather than as catalysers of change.' Felipe Gómez Isa, Peacebuilding

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction; 2. Inaugurating a new rationality; 3. From decolonisation to developmental nation state; 4. From permanent sovereignty to investor protection; 5. From the rule of international law to the internationalisation of the rule of law; 6. Conclusion.

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