Politics and the histories of international law

• Titel: Politics and the histories of international law
• Titelzusatz: the quest for knowledge and justice
• Mitwirkende: Schäfer, Raphael [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Peters, Anne [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Raphael Schäfer und Anne Peters
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill Nijhoff
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [2020-2021]
• Umfang: XI, 501 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Legal history library ; volume 50 : Studies in the history of international law ; volume 18
• ISBN: 978-90-04-46179-6
• Schlagwörter: (s)Völkerrecht / (s)Politik / (z)Geschichte
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Politics and the histories of international law. - Leiden : Brill Nijhoff, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 501 Seiten)
• K10plus-PPN: 1752665899

Abstract

What are the implications of writing the history of legal issues? Eighteen authors from different legal systems and backgrounds offer different answers, by examining the history writing on issues ranging from slavery over the use of force to extraterritorial jurisdiction. Contributions show how historiography has often distorted or neglected regional cultures and suggest alternative methods and approaches to history writing. These studies are highly relevant for current international relations in which the fight over master narratives is especially fierce among governments, in different academic fields, and also between governments and academics