Kochi, Tarik (2017) Dreams and nightmares of liberal international law: capitalist accumulation, natural rights and state hegemony. Law and Critique, 28 (1). pp. 23-41. ISSN 0957-8536
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Abstract
This article develops a line of theorising the relationship between peace, war and commerce and does so via conceptualising global juridical relations as a site of contestation over questions of economic and social justice. By sketching aspects of a historical interaction between capitalist accumulation, natural rights and state hegemony, the article offers a critical account of the limits of liberal international law, and attempts to recover some ground for thinking about the emancipatory potential of international law more generally.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Capital, Grotius, Hegemony, International law, Legal theory, Liberalism, Natural rights, Political economy, Primitive accumulation, Terrorism, War |
Schools and Departments: | School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Law |
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory. The state. Theories of the state K Law K Law > KZ Law of Nations |
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Depositing User: | Tarik Kochi |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2016 11:30 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2019 20:06 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/62019 |
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