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The Gentle Civilizer of Nations. The Rise and Fall of Inter-national Law 1870–1960

The Gentle Civilizer of Nations. The Rise and Fall of Inter-national Law 1870–1960 Book Review Martti Koskenniemi, The Gentle Civilizer of Nations. The Rise and Fall of Inter- national Law 1870–1960 , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001, ISBN: 0521623111, 569 pages, price: 120 EUR, 143 USD. Those following contemporary debates concerning the UN mandate in Bosnia, the war against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan or US resistance against the ICC will regu- larly encounter arguments stemming from older sediments of international law – be it from the foundational era of the UN, the disputes relating to the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1930s or the foundational age of modern international law in the late 18th century. Such arguments come with a specific historical complexion. They have engrained themselves deeply into the politics of States and peoples. The underlying conflicts remain present to a greater degree than what most of us wish to acknowledge. Wherever overlapping State borders or ethno-cultural boundaries produce conflicts, wherever war crimes demand punishment, wherever minorities request help by other States or invest in terror, and wherever superpowers intervene by force we shall find a struggle on international law. A ‘right’ is claimed or conjured, and the legal position of the adversary is denied. This is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordic Journal of International Law Brill

The Gentle Civilizer of Nations. The Rise and Fall of Inter-national Law 1870–1960

Stolleis, Michael
Nordic Journal of International Law , Volume 73 (2): 265 – Jan 1, 2004
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Book Review Martti Koskenniemi, The Gentle Civilizer of Nations. The Rise and Fall of Inter- national Law 1870–1960 , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001, ISBN: 0521623111, 569 pages, price: 120 EUR, 143 USD. Those following contemporary debates concerning the UN mandate in Bosnia, the war against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan or US resistance against the ICC will regu- larly encounter arguments stemming from older sediments of international law – be it from the foundational era of the UN, the disputes relating to the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1930s or the foundational age of modern international law in the late 18th century. Such arguments come with a specific historical complexion. They have engrained themselves deeply into the politics of States and peoples. The underlying conflicts remain present to a greater degree than what most of us wish to acknowledge. Wherever overlapping State borders or ethno-cultural boundaries produce conflicts, wherever war crimes demand punishment, wherever minorities request help by other States or invest in terror, and wherever superpowers intervene by force we shall find a struggle on international law. A ‘right’ is claimed or conjured, and the legal position of the adversary is denied. This is

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