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Juan Pablo Scarfi - The Hidden History of International Law in the Americas: Empire and Legal Networks - 9780190622343 - V9780190622343
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The Hidden History of International Law in the Americas: Empire and Legal Networks

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Description for The Hidden History of International Law in the Americas: Empire and Legal Networks Hardback. Series: History and Theory of International Law. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; LAM; LAZ; LBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
International law has played a crucial role in the construction of imperial projects. Yet within the growing field of studies about the history of international law and empire, scholars have seldom considered this complicit relationship in the Americas. The Hidden History of International Law in the Americas offers the first exploration of the deployment of international law for the legitimization of U.S. ascendancy as an informal empire in Latin America. This book explores the intellectual history of a distinctive idea of American international law in the Americas, focusing principally on the evolution of the American Institute of International Law ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
History and Theory of International Law
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190622343
SKU
V9780190622343
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Ref
99-46

About Juan Pablo Scarfi
Juan Pablo Scarfi is a Research Associate at the Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), and teaches international relations and international law at the School of Politics and Government at the National University of San Martin, Argentina. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2014. He was a Visiting Scholar at University College London (Institute ... Read more

Reviews for The Hidden History of International Law in the Americas: Empire and Legal Networks
A deeply-researched eye-opening account of the interaction between U.S. imperialism and Pan-American aspirations in the making of international law in the Western Hemisphere. It offers a new angle into perennial inquiries about U.S.-Latin American relations, and a model for transnational intellectual history.
Jose C. Moya, Professor of History, Barnard College, Columbia University
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