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International Law in a Transcivilizational World
Onuma Yasuaki
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017
This is no ordinary textbook of international law. If one wants a more detailed traditional treatment of subjects such as the relationship between international and national law, sovereign immunity, the modes of territorial acquisition, supported by meticulous citations from ICJ judgments or other international arbitral awards, one should look elsewhere. However, if one wants to have a ‘subversively constructive’ intellectual journey through the well-known terrains of international law, culminating in a fresh and critical perspective on international law, one should consider reading this book. The author has had a highly distinguished career as a professor of international law at the University of Tokyo and at Meiji University in Japan. As a leading critic of the Eurocentric...
