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TWAIL as Naturalized Epistemological Inquiry

Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence, 2007
Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) scholarship provides a trenchant critique of the contemporary international law regime, using concrete historical and cultural evidence to demonstrate that the central doctrines of international law are highly Eurocentric and, therefore, not representative of the values and beliefs of a large portion ...
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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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'Taxing' TWAIL: A Preliminary Inquiry into TWAIL's Application to the Taxation of Foreign Direct Investment

International Community Law Review, 2008
AbstractThird World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) provides a theoretical and methodological framework for unpacking international law's exclusion and marginalisation of Third World peoples. While TWAIL scholarship has explored a number of areas, there is hardly any TWAIL literature exploring the relationship between international law and ...
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A TWAIL Perspective on WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement

2021
The objective of this study is to evaluate World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The author reviews the negotiation history and text of the TFA from a Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) perspective. Special focus is provided on India’s participation in the negotiation process.
Bafna, N., Bafna, N.
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A TWAIL Engagement with Customary International Investment 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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Üçüncü Dünya ve Milletlerarası Hukuk: Bir Hareket Olarak TWAIL (Third World and International Law: TWAIL as a Movement)

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Turkish Abstract: Somurgeci aklin urettigi hiyerarsik sistematigi yok sayan pragmatist yaklasimlar milletlerarasi hukuka karsi hayal kirikligi yasayacaktir. Bu naif tavrin aksine Mutua’nin dile getirdigi sekliyle TWAIL, somurgeciligin milletlerarasi alandaki hukuki gorunumune karsi dinamik bir durusu temsil etmektedir.
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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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twail | twayle, n.

2023
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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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