Eslava, L., Local Space, Global Life; The everyday Operation of International Law and Development, Cambridge University Press, 2015, 351 pp.

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-392
Author(s):  
Paola Andrea Acosta Alvarado
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Law And Development ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Local Space

scholarly journals Resenha do Livro Local Space, Global Life. The Everyday Operation of International Law and Development, de Luis Eslava

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Gobbato Leichtweis
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Law And Development ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Local Space

O objetivo desta resenha é apresentar ao público brasileiro o livro Local Space, Global Life. The Everyday Operation of International Law and Development, de Luis Eslava. Com foco nas recentes transformações urbanas ocorridas na cidade de Bogotá, Local Space, Global Life busca compreender de que maneira as prescrições normativas do direito internacional, em conjunto com o projeto internacional de desenvolvimento, operam e se materializam, hoje, no nível das jurisdições locais, reconstituindo os espaços urbanos e influenciando no dia a dia das populações urbanas periféricas, principalmente do Terceiro Mundo. Neste contexto, a presente resenha tem por escopo apresentar os principais argumentos veiculados ao longo do livro, com enfoque para o inovador método (antropológico e etnográfico) desenvolvido pelo autor para abordar a recente expansão do direito internacional na direção de múltiplas camadas da vida social e material das grandes cidades. Por fim, diante da constatação de que a obra apresenta um novo olhar sobre o direito internacional (um olhar menos institucional e estadocêntrico, e mais comprometido com a vida real, subjetiva e material das pessoas comuns), a resenha busca destacar a relevância da obra para a crítica contemporânea do direito internacional, especialmente a crítica veiculada a partir do Terceiro Mundo.

A Typology of International Judicial Practices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey L Dunoff ◽  
Mark A Pollack
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Judicial Opinions

This chapter discusses the inner working of ICs, such as the drafting of judicial opinions; practices concerning separate opinions; the role of language and translation; and the roles of third parties. It also presents a preliminary effort to identify and examine the everyday practices of international judges. In undertaking this task, the authors draw selectively upon a large literature on ‘practice theory’ that has only rarely been applied to international law in general or to international courts in particular. A typology and synoptic overview of practices is presented.

scholarly journals International Law, COVID-19 and Feminist Engagement with the United Nations Security Council: The End of the Affair?

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-328
Author(s):  
Catherine O’Rourke
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Security Council ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Care Work ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Seminal Contribution ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Gender Based

AbstractThe gendered implications of COVID-19, in particular in terms of gender-based violence and the gendered division of care work, have secured some prominence, and ignited discussion about prospects for a ‘feminist recovery’. In international law terms, feminist calls for a response to the pandemic have privileged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), conditioned—I argue—by two decades of the pursuit of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda through the UNSC. The deficiencies of the UNSC response, as characterised by the Resolution 2532 adopted to address the pandemic, manifest yet again the identified deficiencies of the WPS agenda at the UNSC, namely fragmentation, securitisation, efficacy and legitimacy. What Resolution 2532 does bring, however, is new clarity about the underlying reasons for the repeated and enduring nature of these deficiencies at the UNSC. Specifically, the COVID-19 ‘crisis’ is powerful in exposing the deficiencies of the crisis framework in which the UNSC operates. My reflections draw on insights from Hilary Charlesworth’s seminal contribution ‘International Law: A Discipline of Crisis’ to argue that, instead of conceding the ‘crisis’ framework to the pandemic by prioritising the UNSC, a ‘feminist recovery’ must instead follow Charlesworth’s exhortation to refocus on an international law of the everyday.

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