Ethnicity and International Law - Histories, Politics and Practices

An historical analysis of how ethnicity shaped international law and why it is relevant to minorities and ethnic conflicts today.

List of contents

1. Ethnicity in the discourse on the 'self' and the 'other': liberal and conservative traditions, and their implications; 2. Colonialism and international law: a story of two traditions; 3. Ethnicity in interwar international law: the minority protection regime in perspective; 4. Ethnicity in the era of liberalism: human rights, minority protection, and the post-Cold War paradigm shifts; 5. Liberal individualism meets conservative passion: international law responses to ethnicity in ethnic conflicts; Conclusion.

About the author

Mohammad Shahabuddin is a Reader in International Law and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, where his research focuses on the postcolonial critique of the concept of ethnicity and its role in the making of international law. He was previously a Lecturer in Law at Keele University.

Summary

Mohammad Shahabuddin provides an historical account of the impact of ethnicity on the making of international law, and explores how the present-day hesitancy of international law to engage with ethnicity has its roots in conflicting philosophical traditions.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammad Shahabuddin, Mohammad (University of Birmingham) Shahabuddin, Shahabuddin Mohammad
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107480667
• ISBN: 978-1-107-48066-7
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 232 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, International Law, Public International Law, Legal History, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law