No.140 Seminar ： Draw the Seven Seas and Seven Continents in International Law: Were the non-European Nations Always “Recipient” of International Law?
- Aiko Nakai (The Hakubi Center / Graduate School for Law, Kyoto University)
- 2017/12/19 4:30pm
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research (Research Administration Building 1F)
- Japanese(This seminar is open for students and researchers at Kyoto Univ.)
Summary
Usually the history of international law is described like this: the modern international law was born in Europe in 16-17th century with the establishment of sovereign states system, and it became the planetary international law as that of today as its “dominion” expanded. However, this does not mean that the “European international law” became the universal “international law” without any modification. In fact, with the expansion of international society during 19th century, the international law itself accepted many fundamental changes so as to fulfill the requirements brought by newly incorporated non-European nations. Nevertheless, this fact has been underrated for long time. In this seminar the presenter will re-examine the history of international law from the view point of non-European world and give light on its contribution to the epoch-making evolution of international law.