To what extent (if any) was the emergence of modern international law (public and private) in the nineteenth century coterminous with the colonial project? Does contemporary international law further a postcolonial project? Where do we situate human rights?

In the West, contemporary international law (public and private) seems to be haunted by the ius gentium in its support of past forms of empire. How far is an analogous ambivalence to be found in the East? Where is the celestial kingdom located today?

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