Imperialism

Antony Anghie

Chapter 4 in Research Handbook on Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), 2025, pp 34-45 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter commences by providing a brief conceptual and historical account of imperialism, and its relationship to international law. It outlines some of the key concepts that have structured this relationship, including race and the ‘civilizing mission’. It then outlines the ways in which anti-colonial lawyers sought to fashion an international law that would further the interests of Third World peoples and then considers more recent work, that explores new forms of imperialism and expands our understanding of the range of communities affected by it. The chapter concludes with some observations about current developments and the challenges that await the next generation of scholars in the Third World tradition.

Keywords: Imperialism; International law; History; TWAIL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781789901511
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