Imperial Legacies – New Work in the History of International Law
Location:
Moot Court Room
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
Date/time
Tue 14 May 2019
14:00-18:00
The Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law
Imperial Legacies – New Work in the History of International Law
About this event:
In this roundtable, we will discuss three new papers concerning the legacies of empire, and the legacies of European thinking about imperial order, for the structure of international legal concepts such as sovereignty, self-determination and the idea of custom itself.
The Entanglement of Sovereignty and Property in International Law: From German Southwest Africa to the Great Land Grab
Professor Matthias Goldman, University of Frankfurt and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Comments by Dr Cait Storr, University of Glasgow
Conscience or Interest of States? Rudolf von Jhering (1818-1892) and The Birth of Opinio Juris as a Constitutive Element of Customary International Law
Dr Francesca Iurlaro, University of Milan
Comments by Professor Paul du Plessis, University of Edinburgh
‘The Consciousness of Duty Done’? British Attitudes Towards Self-Determination and the Case of Sudan
Orfeas Chasapis Tassinis and Dr Sarah Nouwen, University of Cambridge.
Comments by Dr Michelle Burgis Kasthala (University of Edinburgh)
This event is free, open to all with no registration required.
For more information go to the Edinburgh Centre for Global and International Law website