Book contents
- History, Politics, Law
- History, Politics, Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction History, Politics, Law
- Part I Methods, Approaches and Encounters
- 1 Between History, Politics and Law
- 2 The Past according to International Law
- 3 The Context for Context: International Legal History in Struggle
- 4 After Method: International Law and the Problems of History
- Part II Thinking through the International
- Index
3 - The Context for Context: International Legal History in Struggle
from Part I - Methods, Approaches and Encounters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2021
- History, Politics, Law
- History, Politics, Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction History, Politics, Law
- Part I Methods, Approaches and Encounters
- 1 Between History, Politics and Law
- 2 The Past according to International Law
- 3 The Context for Context: International Legal History in Struggle
- 4 After Method: International Law and the Problems of History
- Part II Thinking through the International
- Index
Summary
International legal historians write with passion and their texts can bristle with rage. Although it sounds innocent enough – putting legal doctrines, personalities and ideas in historical context – the conclusion is less ‘thought you’d like to know’ than ‘this matters’. Contextual histories aim volleys at the field’s commanding heights to change how we imagine international law and the world around us. International law’s history is not as you were taught, international law not what you thought. And the world is not the one you are accustomed to inhabiting. If we think the world is different, perhaps it will be.
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- History, Politics, LawThinking through the International, pp. 69 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021