<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article seeks to examine the rigor of civilizational values in modern international law as a crucial factor and how historically different civilizational values have inculcated different approaches to international law. While critiquing the civilizational rhetoric built by European nations in creating Eurocentric international law, this article brings how international law has been perceived by China and Russia following their historical complexities. Results emerge from this paper will demonstrate the different diversity in international law.</p></abstract>

This article seeks to examine the rigor of civilizational values in modern international law as a crucial factor and how historically different civilizational values have inculcated different approaches to international law. While critiquing the civilizational rhetoric built by European nations in creating Eurocentric international law, this article brings how international law has been perceived by China and Russia following their historical complexities. Results emerge from this paper will demonstrate the different diversity in international law.

Seeking the Civilizational Ghosts: Some Remarks on Chinese and Russian Approaches to International Law Through Civilizational Values

Journal of Legal Studies

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This article seeks to examine the rigor of civilizational values in modern international law as a crucial factor and how historically different civilizational...

Seeking the Civilizational Ghosts: Some Remarks on Chinese and Russian Approaches to International Law Through Civilizational Values

Publié en ligne: 17 juil. 2020

Pages: 1 - 30

Reçu: 01 déc. 2019

Accepté: 01 mars 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jles-2020-0001

Mots clés
Civilization, Colonialism, Pragmatism, China, Russia, Identity

© 2020 Battagodage Punsara Aravinda Amarasinghe, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Seeking the Civilizational Ghosts: Some Remarks on Chinese and Russian Approaches to International Law Through Civilizational Values

Publié en ligne: 17 juil. 2020

Pages: 1 - 30

Reçu: 01 déc. 2019

Accepté: 01 mars 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jles-2020-0001

Mots clésCivilization, Colonialism, Pragmatism, China, Russia, Identity

© 2020 Battagodage Punsara Aravinda Amarasinghe, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Mots clés
Civilization, Colonialism, Pragmatism, China, Russia, Identity