Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law

Ideology and Ambivalence in Early Israeli Legal Diplomacy
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-19-885739-6
Verlag: Sydney University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

Reihe: The History and Theory of International Law

By departing from accounts of a universalist component in Israel's early foreign policy, Rotem Giladi challenges prevalent assumptions on the cosmopolitan outlook of Jewish international law scholars and practitioners, offers new vantage points on modern Jewish history, and critiques orthodox interpretations of the Jewish aspect of Israel's foreign policy.

Drawing on archival sources, the book reveals the patent ambivalence of two jurist-diplomats-Jacob Robinson and Shabtai Rosenne-towards three international law reform projects: the right of petition in the draft Human Rights Covenant, the 1948 Genocide Convention, and the 1951 Refugee Convention. In all cases, Rosenne and Robinson approached international law with disinterest, aversion, and hostility while, nonetheless, investing much time and toil in these post-war reforms. The book demonstrates that, rather than the Middle East conflict, Rosenne and Robinson's ambivalence towards international law was driven by ideological sensibilities predating Israel's establishment. In so doing, Jews, Sovereignty, and International Law disaggregates and reframes the perspectives offered by the growing scholarship on Jewish international lawyers, providing new insights concerning the origins of human rights, the remaking of postwar international law, and the early years of the UN.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Giladi, Rotem

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Über Autor(innen)

Rotem Giladi studied law in the United Kingdom (University of Essex), Israel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), and the United States, where he obtained a Science Juris Doctor degree at the University of Michigan Law School. He taught international law courses at the University of Helsinki, where he is a docent in international law, the University of Edinburgh Law School, Leipzig University Law Faculty, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty.