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Studying Race In International Law Scholarship Using A Social Science Approach, James T. Gathii
Studying Race In International Law Scholarship Using A Social Science Approach, James T. Gathii
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This Essay takes up Abebe, Chilton, and Ginsburg's invitation to use a social science approach to establish or ascertain some facts about international law scholarship in the United States. The specific research question that this Essay seeks to answer is to what extent scholarship has addressed international law's historical and continuing complicity in producing racial inequality and hierarchy, including slavery, as well as the subjugation and domination of the peoples of the First Nations. To answer this question, this Essay uses the content published in the American Journal of International Law (AJIL) from when it was first published in 1907 …
The Promise Of International Law: A Third World View, James T. Gathii
The Promise Of International Law: A Third World View, James T. Gathii
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Saving The Serengeti: Africa's New International Judicial Environmentalism, James T. Gathii
Saving The Serengeti: Africa's New International Judicial Environmentalism, James T. Gathii
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This Article analyzes recent environmental law decisions of Africa's fledgling international courts. In 2014, for example, the East African Court of Justice stopped the government of Tanzania from building a road across Serengeti National Park because of its potential adverse environmental impacts. Decisions like these have inaugurated a new era of enhanced environmental judicial protection in Africa. This expansion into environmental law decision-making by Africa's international trade courts contrasts with other international courts that are designed to specialize on one issue area such as human rights or international trade, but not both. By contrast, Africa's international courts are simultaneously pushing …