https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/INTR5463?type=COREThis course is designed to introduce students to how empire and colonialism shape the past and present of international law's theories, doctrines and practices. Adopting a cross-disciplinary and cross-regional perspective, the course will explore how empire and colonialism co-constituted international law's main actors, including the post-Westphalian state and the evolving notion of an 'international community'. By drawing on the theories and doctrines of international law, the course will then examine core topics like the use of force, global trade, human rights, and environmental protection that continue to be marked by (post-)imperial and (post-)colonial asymmetries. Drawing on classic legal texts and critical scholarship, the course will examine both the experiences of (Western) European empires vis-à-vis the Global South and the imperial and colonial legacies of international law in semi-peripheral regions like East-Central Europe. Its overall aim is to help students reflect critically on both the promise and limitations of international law in addressing inequalities and injustice in the contemporary world.