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On fighting for global justice: the role of a Third World international lawyer

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  • M. Sornarajah

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The life of a Third World international lawyer is devoted to resistance to the norms of international law designed by agents with power to promote the interests of the powerful sections of the international community. Increasingly the instrumental norms of international law are fashioned through the use of private power, making the positivist claim that public international law is a law between states illusory. The task of this paper is to identify a framework of common concerns so that a collectivity of Third World lawyers can work together, examine how mechanisms of power can be countered, and devise a confrontational strategy.

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  • M. Sornarajah, 2016. "On fighting for global justice: the role of a Third World international lawyer," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(11), pages 1972-1989, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:37:y:2016:i:11:p:1972-1989
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1180955
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    1. Yugank Goyal, 2019. "How Governments Promote Monopolies: Public Procurement in India," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 78(5), pages 1135-1169, November.

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