This book analyses the states of emergency exposing the intersections between colonial law, international law, imperialism and racial discrimination.

What does it mean to say we live in a permanent state of emergency? What are the juridical, political and social underpinnings of that framing? Has internationa

By examining the relationship between international law and empire from early modernity to the present, this volume improves current understandings of the way i

'Legalist Empire' explores the intimate connections between international law and empire in the United States from 1898 to 1919.

It is commonly believed that international law originated in respectful relations among free and equal European states. But as Jennifer Pitts shows, internation