International law from below
Subtitle: development, social movements, and Third World resistance
By: Balakrishnan Rajagopal.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: International law -- History.; International agencies -- History; Human rights -- History.; Economic development -- History.; Social movements -- History.
Description: Balakrishnan Rajagopal's fundamental critique of modern international law draws attention to traditional Third World engagements. Rajagopal challenges current approaches to international law and politics either through states or through individuals. With transnational and local social movement action now becoming increasingly visible and important--as witnessed in Seattle in 1999, he demonstrates that a new global order must consider seriously the resistance of social movements in the development of international law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-329) and index.