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Redefining International Law: The Socialist Influence on Global Justice
Raluca Grosescu and Ned Richardson-Little’s new edited volume Socialism and International Law, published by Oxford University Press this year, challenges two dominant historical narratives of the development of international law: what we might call the orthodox view, which holds that Western liberal countries led the evolution of international law, as well as the opposing one that emphasizes the challenges of Third World post-colonial countries to Western hegemony. The book does so by explaining the role, contributions, and initiatives of socialist countries and socialist intellectuals in developing international law. Socialist states made important contributions in several relevant areas, such as defining the crime of aggression, supporting national self-determination as part of a sustained campaign seeking to dismantle colonialism, and advocating for the criminalization of racial discrimination and apartheid.
12.12.2024
