International law
Hoorcollege 1: history
Scope of international law
Ways of seeing the history
Some trends in the above:
- International law (definition =) is a body of rules and
institutions…
- … that governs the relations between States and the functioning
of international organisations
- It is exemplary of linear historical progress (het is exemplarisch
voor historische vooruitgang)
- International law is universal
- It was formed in Europe and given to the rest of the worl
, A brief history (!!! Belangrijke slide)
- Let’s explore another history. One that touches upon on 3
moments:
1. Discovery of the new world
2. Moving east: prize law, opium wars and unequal treaties
3. Tha mad scramble (de gekke strijd om …) for Africa
- Amidst these very different historical moments we can begin to
see:
a. How international legal arguments are used to justify
colonialism, empire and capitalism, and;
b. How the structure of these legal arguments reverberate in an
structure contemporary international legal doctrines
A brief history – discovery of the new world
1. Expanding Europe:
, 3 Juridische artefacten en argumenten bij de plundering van
Indië:
Moving east: prize law, opium wars and unequal treaties
- Capital extracted by Spain and Portugal spread throughout
Europe via trade
- 16th century saw a rivarly between France and Spain for
monarchies that would govern Europe as Papel authority
diminished. From Christendom to Europe and sovereign States.
-
Hoorcollege 2: subjects of international law
Helemaal af, alles in Word.
Notes
De literatuur die je moet lezen wat staat aangegeven bij de lecture’s
in de syllabus kunnen getoetst worden bij het tentamen.
Structure of this lecture
1. Recap of lecture on history
2. Legal rules on subjects
3. Promises of freedom
4. Discussion
Hoorcollege 1: history
Scope of international law
Ways of seeing the history
Some trends in the above:
- International law (definition =) is a body of rules and
institutions…
- … that governs the relations between States and the functioning
of international organisations
- It is exemplary of linear historical progress (het is exemplarisch
voor historische vooruitgang)
- International law is universal
- It was formed in Europe and given to the rest of the worl
, A brief history (!!! Belangrijke slide)
- Let’s explore another history. One that touches upon on 3
moments:
1. Discovery of the new world
2. Moving east: prize law, opium wars and unequal treaties
3. Tha mad scramble (de gekke strijd om …) for Africa
- Amidst these very different historical moments we can begin to
see:
a. How international legal arguments are used to justify
colonialism, empire and capitalism, and;
b. How the structure of these legal arguments reverberate in an
structure contemporary international legal doctrines
A brief history – discovery of the new world
1. Expanding Europe:
, 3 Juridische artefacten en argumenten bij de plundering van
Indië:
Moving east: prize law, opium wars and unequal treaties
- Capital extracted by Spain and Portugal spread throughout
Europe via trade
- 16th century saw a rivarly between France and Spain for
monarchies that would govern Europe as Papel authority
diminished. From Christendom to Europe and sovereign States.
-
Hoorcollege 2: subjects of international law
Helemaal af, alles in Word.
Notes
De literatuur die je moet lezen wat staat aangegeven bij de lecture’s
in de syllabus kunnen getoetst worden bij het tentamen.
Structure of this lecture
1. Recap of lecture on history
2. Legal rules on subjects
3. Promises of freedom
4. Discussion
