It is commonly believed that international law originated in respectful relations among free and equal European states. But as Jennifer Pitts shows, internation

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

'Legalist Empire' explores the intimate connections between international law and empire in the United States from 1898 to 1919.

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

International law burst on the scene as a new field in the late nineteenth century. Where did it come from? Rage for Order finds the origins of international la