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European Journal of International Law 2007 18(3):379-407; doi:10.1093/ejil/chm029
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The European Journal of International Law Vol. 18 no. 3 © EJIL 2007; all rights reserved

Universalism and Imperialism: The True-False Paradox of International Law?

Emmanuelle Jouannet*

* Professor of International Law, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne


  Abstract

This article examines one of the central recurrent questions in international law: the relation between the universalism of certain of its principles and the possibility that they are imperialist in nature. The author illustrates how, in this regard, international law has, from its very origins, been the bearer of a paradox; a paradox that is, moreover, constitutive of the discipline, and from which international law cannot escape without itself ceasing to exist as such.


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