This book analyses the states of emergency exposing the intersections between colonial law, international law, imperialism and racial discrimination.

What does it mean to say we live in a permanent state of emergency? What are the juridical, political and social underpinnings of that framing? Has internationa

This book presents a systematic and comprehensive attempt by legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers, combining post-September 11 develop

By examining the relationship between international law and empire from early modernity to the present, this volume improves current understandings of the way i

Examines the relationship between imperialism and international law.