International Law on the Left

Re-examining Marxist Legacies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

Against expectations that the turn away from state socialism would likewise initiate a turn away from Marxist thought, recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in Marxism and its reassessment by a new generation of theorists. This book pursues that interest with specific reference to international law. It presents a sustained and fascinating exploration of the pertinence of Marxist ideas, concepts and analytical practices for international legal enquiry from a range of angles. Essays consider the relationship between Marxism and critical approaches to international law, the legacy of Soviet international legal theory, the bearing of Marxism for the analysis of international trade law and human rights, and the significance for international legal enquiry of such Marxist concepts as the commodity, praxis and exploitation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-03-20
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:650 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:332
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521882552

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Mer om författaren

Susan Marks is Professor of Public International Law in the School of Law, Kings College London.

Recensioner i media

Review of the hardback: '… a kaleidoscopic introduction to nine different approaches to the issue of 'Marxist legacies', held together by a skilful preamble setting out the general conceptual framework. … the aim to unmask the law's ostensible neutrality is one of the recurring themes of the book … should undergraduates born at the twilight of the Soviet regime be bothered at all with Marxism and international law? The book provides nine different reasons why they might, ranging from the most iconoclastic opinions against the rule of law to the more positive faith in the emancipatory power of the law.' The Cambridge Law Journal

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. What should international lawyers learn from Karl Marx? Martti Koskenniemi; 2. An outline of a Marxist course on public international law B. S. Chimni; 3. The commodity-form theory of international law: an introduction China Miéville; 4. Positivism versus self-determination: the contradictions of Soviet international law Bill Bowring; 5. Marxism and international law: perspectives for the American (twenty-first) century? Tony Carty; 6. Toward a radical political economy critique of transnational economic law A. Claire Cutler; 7. Marxian insights for the Human Rights Project Brad Roth; 8. Marxian embraces (and de-couplings) in Upendra Baxi's Human Rights scholarship: a case study Obiora Okafor; 9. Exploitation as an international legal concept Susan Marks.