02466cam a2200253 i 4500 CY-PaNEU 20230428114222.0 210421s2019 enka b 001 0 eng c 9780198849636 (hbk.) UKMGB eng UKMGB rda OCLCO ERASA BDX OCLCF GUL GRG DLC CY-PaNEU KZ1242 .B38 2019 The battle for international law : South-North perspectives on the decolonization era / edited by Jochen Von Bernstorff, Philipp Dann ; assistant editor, Max H. Mayer. 1st ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. xvii, 469 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. The history and theory of international law Includes bibliographical references and indexes. This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis of international legal debates between 1955 and 1975 related to the formal decolonization process. It is during this era, couched between classic European imperialism and a new form of US-led Western hegemony, that fundamental legal debates took place over a new international legal order for a decolonised world. The book argues that this era presents in essence a battle, a battle that was fought out in particular over the premises and principles of international law by diplomats, lawyers, and scholars. In a moment of relative weakness of European powers, 'newly independent states' and international lawyers from the South fundamentally challenged traditional Western perceptions of international legal structures engaging in fundamental controversies over a new international law. The legal outcomes of this battle have shaped the world we live in today.0Contributions from a global set of authors cover contemporary debates on concepts central to the time, such as self-determination, sources and concessions, non-intervention, wars of national liberation, multinational corporations, and the law of the sea. They also discuss influential institutions, such as the United Nations, International Court of Justice, and World Bank. The volume also incorporates contemporary regional approaches to international law in the 'decolonization era' and portraits of important scholars from the Global South. International law History 20th century. 4489 Bernstorff, Jochen von, 13743 Dann, Philipp, 13744 History and theory of international law 13745 BK 6439 6439 0 0 lcc 0 0 ma CY-PaNEU CY-PaNEU 2021-04-21 0 KZ1242 .B38 2019 3011129 2021-04-21 00:00:00 2021-04-21 BK