LEADER 04652nam 22006611 450 001 9910782797403321 005 20080626163302.0 010 $a1-4725-6430-8 010 $a1-281-76140-0 010 $a9786611761400 010 $a1-84731-417-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472564306 035 $a(CKB)1000000000691237 035 $a(EBL)361644 035 $a(OCoLC)476190876 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11998760 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10019848 035 $a(PQKB)11462330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772433 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361644 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772433 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL176140 035 $a(OCoLC)325272523 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257053 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361644 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000691237 100 $a20140929d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAfrica $emapping new boundaries in international law /$fedited by Jeremy I. Levitt 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in international law ;$vv. 16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84946-117-1 311 $a1-84113-618-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [297]-333) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Human rights, intervention and armed conflict -- pt. 2. Governance, sovereignty and development. 330 $a"The principal aim of this work is to provide a forum for leading international lawyers with experience and interest in Africa to address a broad range of intellectual challenges concerning the contribution of African states and peoples to international law. As such, the volume addresses orthodox topics of international law - such as jurisdiction and intervention - but tackles them from an African perspective, and seeks to ask whether, in each case, the African perspective is unique or affirms existing arrangements of international law. The book cannot come at a more important time. While international legal discourse has been captured by the challenge of terrorism since September 11, 2001, there are clear signs that other issues are returning to the fore. Political interest in Africa has undergone a global revival, and the OAU has been transformed into the African Union. Infrastructural challenges, along with those taking place in regional contexts, have effectively mapped a new politico-legal landscape for Africa. This, and more, is explored, and the key normative questions are addressed in a series of essays by leading Africanist scholars. 'This is a remarkable collection of essays that clearly and concisely demonstrates that Africa has and will continue to play a major role in fashioning new norms of international law and policy and contribute to its progressive development by affirming existing norms. Professor Levitt is to be commended for having the vision, leadership and intellectual prowess to produce this excellent text. The book signals a major shift from the study of Africa as a basket case to a normative market place.' Akua Kuenyehia, Vice President, International Criminal Court 'Professor Levitt's work, Africa: Mapping New Boundaries in International Law, is pathbreaking in the true sense of that word. Through old and new voices, it excavates the singular contributions of Africa to a discipline that is marked by Eurocentrism and imperial aspirations. The authors, taking their cue from the indefatigable and insightful Professor Levitt, establish beyond a shadow of a doubt the enormity of the normative contributions that Africa has made to international law. The book must therefore be seen as a defining contribution to the multiculturalization of international law. It is for this reason that Professor Levitt is among the most important American academics working and thinking in international law today.' Makau Mutua, Interim Dean, SUNY Distinguished Professor, State University of New York Buffalo Law School."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aStudies in international law (Oxford, England) ;$vv. 16. 606 $aInternational law$zAfrica 606 $2Public international law 615 0$aInternational law 676 $a341.096 702 $aLevitt$b Jeremy I.$f1970- 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782797403321 996 $aAfrica$9156039 997 $aUNINA