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Taking Stock of TWAIL Histories

International Community Law Review, 2008
AbstractThis paper traces the origins of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) to a conference held in 1997, and explores the Vision Statement that was circulated among participants at that gathering. It focuses on the relationship of TWAIL to earlier Third World scholarship on international law, and argues that TWAIL should be seen as a ...
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The TWAIL Discourse: The Emergence of a New Phase

International Community Law Review, 2007
One of the most important discourses to have emerged in opposition to mainstream international law has been the third world approaches to international law (TWAIL). This discourse may be divided into two historical phases: TWAIL I and TWAIL II. While TWAIL I was characterised by a focus on colonisation and the hegemonic use of international law by ...
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Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)

Springer Textbooks in Law
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Foreign Sovereign Immunity Doctrine: A Twail Perspective

SSRN Electronic Journal
As Prof. B.S. Chimni has shown, while the international law of state jurisdiction masquerades as a technical procedural rule, it has long served the capitalist and imperialist interests of Western States—a revelation that aligns with Third World Approaches to International Law (‘TWAIL’).
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Theorising Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: The Travails of TWAIL

National Law School of India Review
Discussion of extraterritoriality focussing on capitulation theories looks backwards at an historical period. The present need is to study extraterritoriality used by hegemonic states both in an oppressive manner to advance their national interests and in a manner that protects common interests.
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The Future of Women's Rights from a TWAIL Perspective

International Community Law Review, 2008
AbstractInternational human rights law has yet to deliver on its promise to Third World women. This short essay focuses on the challenges that the concerns of Third World women pose to TWAIL scholars. Considering the continuing marginalisation of many women, the essay suggests the need to strengthen critical feminist TWAIL perspectives in order to ...
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Scholarship as Dialogue? ICL, Twail and the Politics of Methodology

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2016
Scholars of International Criminal Law (ICL) and Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) rarely speak to each other and part of the reason for this is often divergent approaches to methodology. Thus this article begins with an exploration of the ways in which international lawyers (mis)conceive methodology in their work so as to account for
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Africa and TWAIL

African Yearbook of International Law Online / Annuaire Africain de droit international Online, 2010
James Gathii, Obiora Okafor, Antony Anghie   +2 more
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Introduction: TWAIL and the International Law of Jurisdiction.

National Law School of India Review
Introduction: TWAIL and the International Law of Jurisdiction.
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The Occupation of Palestine from a TWAIL Lens

2023
Ray Murphy, Anita Ferrara, Susan Power
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