Diskriminierung durch Vertrag und Krieg

What is it about?

This is a monograph about the use of the theory of war and the theory of international law in the context of the fabrication of ideologies of colonial rule at the turn of the nineteenth century. It argues that the theory of war classed patterned military action mainly in Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the South Pacific as irreconcilable with European practices and denied the concept of war to these patterned military actions, reducing them to acts of purported rebellion; it also argues that the theory of international law denied statehood to states in Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the South Pacific, thereby barring them from acting under subjecthood of international law.

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Why is it important?

This is a pioneering study of the links between the theory of war, the theory of international law and ideologies of colonial rule at the turn of the twentieth century.