Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century

Alejandro Chehtman is Dean and Professor of Law, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina, and Executive Director of the Latin American Society for International Law. Originally from Argentina, with degrees from UBA and the LSE, Chehtman writes mainly on international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and transitional justice, with a focus on philosophical and empirical approaches.Alexandra Huneeus is Evjue Bascom Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law, Society and Justice at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Originally from Chile, Huneeus grew up in the US, studied at UC Berkeley, and writes about international law, rights movements, and courts, with a focus on Latin America.Sergio Puig is Chair in International Economic Law at the European University Institute and Evo DeConcini Professor of Law at UArizona. He is Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of International Economic Law and a board member of the American Journal of International Law. Originally from Mexico, with degrees from ITAM and Stanford, Puig writes mainly on international trade and investment law, business and human rights, international courts, and empirical legal studies.

• PART I. History 1: Pablo Mijangos y González: The Spanish American Concordats (1821-1875) 2: Louise Fawcett: Early Internationalists: Bello, Calvo, and Álvarez and Beyond 3: Fabia Fernandes Carvalho: Nonintervention, Nonrecognition, and the Articulation of a Mexican Doctrine of International Law: Assessing the Contribution of Isidro Fabela and Genaro Estrada 4: Juan Pablo Scarfi: The Montevideo Convention and Its Predecessors 5: Arnulf Becker Lorca and Amaya Álvez Marín: Turning International Law against Indigenous Peoples 6: Steven L. B. Jensen and Kathryn Sikkink: Latin American and Caribbean Contributions to Human Rights Law PART II. Theories and Methods 7: Sergio Puig: Interdisciplinarity and LAIL: The Case of International Economic Law 8: Mariana Mota Prado: Law and Development in/from Latin America 9: René Urueña: Technoscientific Thought and International Law in Latin America 10: George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo: Critical Approaches to International Law in Latin America 11: Ana Micaela Alterio: Feminisms and International Law in Latin America: The Dispute over Protection of Women's Rights in the Inter-American Human Rights System 12: Roberto Gargarella: Democracy, Legitimacy, and Authority in International Courts 13: Ximena Fuentes: Positivism and Latin American Developments in International Law PART III. Institutions and Practice 14: Eduardo Valencia-Ospina and Giovanny Vega-Barbosa: The Latin American States and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes before the International Court of Justice: Toward Confidence as the Contemporary Pattern 15: Elizabeth Salmón: International Humanitarian Law in Latin America: The Role of Truth Commissions 16: Manuel A. Gómez: The Dynamic Relationship between Latin American Legal Professionals and International Law: Two Contemporary Examples 17: Mónica Pinto: Education in International Law in Latin America 18: David Landau: Local Politics and Regional Rights: Reflections on Comparative International Law in the Americas 19: Jorge Contesse: The Human Rights Institutions of Latin America PART IV. New Doctrines 20: Claudio Grossman Guiloff: Contributions of Latin America to International Law: Reparations for Human Rights Violations 21: Alejandro Chehtman: Latin America as a Laboratory of Transitional Justice 22: Maryluz Barragan Gonzalez: The Racial Dimension of Latin American International Law 23: Lina M. Céspedes-Báez, Enrique Prieto-Rios, Mónica Mazariegos-Rodas: Community of Practice and the Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina 24: María Teresa Infante Caffi: Maritime Delimitation in Latin America 25: Fernando Lusa Bordin and Federica Paddeu: Latin America and the Codification of the Law of State Responsibility: A Tale of Juridical Equality and Nonintervention PART V. Contemporary Challenges 26: Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos and Wayne Sandholtz: Corruption and International Law in Latin America: From the Washington Consensus to Human Rights 27: Helena Alviar García and Laura Betancur-Restrepo: Strategic Uses of International Law in Peace Negotiations in Colombia 28: Beatriz Garcia: The Promise of Environmental Cooperation in Latin America: Enhancing Forest Conservation through Sustainable Supply Chains 29: Alexandra Huneeus: Can the Inter-American Court Tip Us toward Climate Justice? 30: Pedro A. Villarreal: Health Law and Pandemics in Latin America 31: Rodrigo Polanco: Latin America and the Regulation of Internet and Digital Trade 32: Alejandro Chehtman, Alexandra Huneeus, and Sergio Puig: Epilogue: The Birth of a New Canon in Latin American International Law

This weighty tome comprises 31 essays totalling over 600 pages and tells you everything you could possibly wish to know about the current shape and standing of Latin America law. In adopting a similar style, the contributors produce punchy and illuminating pieces that look at the cultural region's legal system from many different angles.