"'China Miiville has produced an elegant and highly welcome critique of modern international law. His sharp but undogmatic use of Marxist analysis strikes effectively at the implausibility and ideological nature of many of the assumptions that support the application of the rule of law between States. His narrative of the consolidation of international law as part of the capitalist States-system provides a much-needed corrective to standard 'idealist' or 'realist' histories in the field and his stress on international law's intrinsic imperialism will challenge the profession for years to come. Respectful of the Marxist classics, Between Equal Rights" is the most sophisticated Left critique of international law available today as well as one of the most significant contributions to the theory and history of international law I have read. It raises the debate about law's role in a globalised world order to a completely new level.'
Martti Koskenniemi, Director of the Erik Castrin Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki."'China Miiville's brilliantly original book is an indispensable guide for anyone concerned with international law. It is the most comprehensive scholarly account available of the central theoretical debates about the foundations of international law. It offers a guide for the lay reader into the central texts in the field and it mounts a formidable challenge to experts to address fundamental theoretical issues about the subject which are too often simply ignored. Miiville's own search for a positive theory of international law takes him into the debates among Soviet legal scholars in the 1920s and in particular to the writings of EvgenyPashukanis whose seminal works on capitalism and law have been available in English since the 1920s but whose significance for a theory of international law is brought out by Miiville for the first time. Miiville's insistence that any adequate account of the foundations of contemporary international law must explore its inner connection with the sociology of capitalism is both a novelty in the field and surely the right starting point for a new, much needed debate about this important subject.'
Peter Gowan, Professor of International Relations, London Metropolitan University.
"'China Miiville's new book is unique. At one level, it provides a rigorous introduction to left wing perspectives on the relationship between law and politics, a topic of enduring interest inside and outside the academy. At another level, however, it tells the story of international law and its intellectual development from a Marxist point of view. It is as the latter that Between Equal Rights" represents a real oasis in the desert for those of us teaching the law of nations, international relations, or diplomatic history. We have waited a long time for a comprehensive and progressive critique of international law. Miiville proves the wait was worth it.'
Anthony Chase, Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University Law Center
"China Mieville has produced an elegant and highly welcome critique of modern international law. His sharp but undogmatic use of Marxist analysis strikes effectively at the implausibility and ideological nature of many of the assumptions that support the application of the rule of law between States. His narrative of the consolidation of international law as part of the capitalist States-system provides a much-needed corrective to standard 'idealist' or 'realist' histories in the field and his stress on international law's intrinsic imperialism will challenge the profession for years to come. Respectful of the Marxist classics, Between Equal Rights is the most sophisticated Left critique of international law available today as well as one of the most significant contributions to the theory and history of international law I have read. It raises the debate about law's role in a globalised world order to a completely new level." Martti Koskenniemi, Director of the Erik Castren Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki. "China Mieville's brilliantly original book is an indispensable guide for anyone concerned with international law. It is the most comprehensive scholarly account available of the central theoretical debates about the foundations of international law. It offers a guide for the lay reader into the central texts in the field and it mounts a formidable challenge to experts to address fundamental theoretical issues about the subject which are too often simply ignored. Mieville's own search for a positive theory of international law takes him into the debates among Soviet legal scholars in the 1920s and in particular to the writings of Evgeny Pashukanis whose seminal works on capitalism and law have been available in English since the 1920s but whose significance for a theory of international law is brought out by Mieville for the first time. Mieville's insistence that any adequate account of the foundations of contemporary international law must explore its inner connection with the sociology of capitalism is both a novelty in the field and surely the right starting point for a new, much needed debate about this important subject." Peter Gowan, Professor of International Relations, London Metropolitan University. "China Mieville's new book is unique. At one level, it provides a rigorous introduction to left wing perspectives on the relationship between law and politics, a topic of enduring interest inside and outside the academy. At another level, however, it tells the story of international law and its intellectual development from a Marxist point of view. It is as the latter that Between Equal Rights represents a real oasis in the desert for those of us teaching the law of nations, international relations, or diplomatic history. We have waited a long time for a comprehensive and progressive critique of international law. Mieville proves the wait was worth it." Anthony Chase, Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern University Law Center
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