International Law and the Third World - Reshaping Justice

Informationen zum Autor Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Richard Falk, Jacqueline Stevens Zusammenfassung This volume critically explores the past, present and future relevance of international law to the priorities of the countries, peoples and regions of the South. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Reshaping Justice: International Law and the Third World: An Introduction Richard Falk, Balakrishnan Rajagopal and Jacqueline Stevens 2. What may the 'Third World' Expect from International Law? Upendra Baxi 3. International Law and the Future Richard Falk 4. The Evolution of International Law: Colonial and Postcolonial Realities Antony Anghie 5. Recreating the State Jacqueline Stevens 6. Counter-hegemonic International Law: Rethinking Human Rights and Development as a Third World Strategy Balakrishnan Rajagopal 7. Why should Muslims Abandon Jihad?: Human Rights and the Future of International Law Abdullahi Ahmed An-na'im 8. Poverty, Agency and Resistance in the Future of International Law: An African Perspective Obiora Chinedu Okafor 9. Between Civilisation and Barbarism: Creole Interventions in International Law Liliana Obregon 10. 'I Heard it All Before' Egyptian Tales of Law and Development Amr Shalakany 11. The Civilised Self and the Barbaric Other: Imperial Delusions of Order and the Challenges of Human Security Ikechi Mgbeoji 12. Political Asylum and Torture: A Comparative Analysis Wadie E. Said 13. International Environmental Law, Water and the Future Hilal Elver 14. Resistance in the Age of Empire: Occupied Discourse Pending Investigation Vasuki Nesiah 15. Exiled to a Liminal Legal Zone: Are we all Palestinians now? Laurie King-Irani 16. Building Women into Peace: The International Legal Framework Christine Chinkin and Hilary Charlesworth 17. Third World Approaches to International Economic Governance James Thuo Gathii ...

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• Assisted by: Richard Falk (Editor), Balakrishnan Rajagopal (Editor), Rajagopal Balakrishnan (Editor), Jacqueline Stevens (Editor), Stevens Jacqueline (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415439787
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43978-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 252 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Routledge Research in International Law; Routledge Research in International Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, International Law, Developing Countries, Politics & government, Politics and government, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology