Imperialism, sovereignty, and the making of international law

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Imperialism, sovereignty, and the making of international law

Statement of responsibility

Antony Anghie

Title variation

Imperialism, Sovereignty & the Making of International Law

Creator

• Anghie, Antony

Author

• Anghie, Antony

Subject

• International law
• Imperialism
• Sovereignty
• Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc

Language

eng

Summary

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 period and the current 'war on terror'. Anghie provides a new approach to the history of international law, illuminating the enduring imperial character of the discipline and its continuing importance for peoples of the Third World. This book will be of interest to students of international law and relations, history, post-colonial studies and development studies

Member of

• Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996), 37

Cataloging source

UkCbUP

Index

index present

LC call number

KZ3410

LC item number

.A54 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law

Series volume

37