Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Rights
Abstract
This article contends that international law, like national law, is captive to the racial biases and hierarchies that hide injustice under the pretext of legal neutrality and universality. It argues that international law is tormented by racist and hegemonic asymmetries that govern the international order. The piece posits that international law could benefit greatly from the method of critical race theory in unpacking the pathologies of power and race that define it. It focuses on the use of international law to conceive and buttress the exploitation and marginalization of the North by the South. It calls for a reconstruction of international law to serve the ends of justice and equality.
Publication Title
Villanova Law Review
First Page
841
Last Page
853
Recommended Citation
Makau Mutua,
Critical Race Theory and International Law: The View of an Insider-Outsider,
45
Vill. L. Rev.
841
(2000).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/journal_articles/568