It is a "broad dialectic opposition to international law", which perceives international law as facilitating the continuing exploitation of the Third World through subordination to the West.
TWAIL adalah "penolakan dialektik besar-besaran terhadap hukum internasional” yang menganggap hukum internasional melanjutkan eksploitasi Dunia Ketiga melalui subordinasi ke negara-negara Barat.