Hidden History of International Law in the Americas
Subtitle: Empire and Legal Networks
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780190622343
Subjects: International law, history; Law, america
Description: This work offers an exploration of the deployment of international law for the legitimization of U.S. ascendancy as an informal empire in Latin America. This text explores the intellectual history of a distinctive idea of American international law in the Americas, focusing principally on the evolution of the American Institute of International Law (AIIL).