For Crisis, and in Crisis?: An Origin Story of International Law.
International Law can be said to be a tool forged in the flames of crisis, based on a heroic tale in which the international legal order rises from the ashes of the greatest horrors seen by humankind and paves the way towards a better world: that is its origin story. This story is contrasted against...
| Publicado en: | Limina Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 4 - 28 |
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University of Western Australia
Oct2025
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