Crisis and International Law
Year: 2021

The chapter reflects on the theme of ‘crisis and international law’ from a third world approaches to international law (twail) perspective. It begins by advancing a typology of material crisis, distinguishing between four kinds of crisis: episodic, regional, structural and originary crisis. It follows up by touching on the accompanying epistemic crisis, including the significance of framing a crisis for identifying suitable responses. The chapter goes on to discuss the impending crisis of intern