Recentering the World - China and the Transformation of International Law (Hardcover)

Recentering the World recovers a richly contextual, detailed history of Western-imposed legal structures in China, as well as engagements with international law by Chinese officials, jurists, and citizens. Beginning in the Late Qing era, it shows how international law functioned as a channel for power relations, techniques of economic domination, as well as novel forms of resistance. The book also radically diversifies traditionally Eurocentric accounts of modern international law's origins, demonstrating how, by the mid-twentieth century, Chinese jurists had made major contributions to international organizations and the UN system, the international judiciary, the laws of armed conflict, and more. Drawing on extensive archival research, this book is a valuable guide to China's often conflicted role in international law, its reception and contention of concepts of sovereignty, property, obligation, and autonomy, and its gradual move from the 'periphery' to a shared spot at the 'center' of global legal order.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Law in Context
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Ryan Martinez Mitchell
Dimensions:	250 x 176 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-49896-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political parties > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Political geography Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-49896-5
Barcode:	9781108498968

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