George Forji Amin

Broschiertes Buch

International Law and the History of Resource Extraction in Africa

Capital Accumulation and Underdevelopment, 1450-1918

Beschreibung

This book investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries and led to the continent's trajectory of underdevelopment in the world system.

Autor

George Forji Amin is a Teaching Fellow at the School of Law, University of Manchester and an Affiliated Research Fellow at the Manchester International Law Centre (MILC), UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781032208930
• ISBN-10: 1032208937
• Artikelnr.: 72105501

Rezensionen

"This is an interesting book, and one of only a few to offer a historical approach to the study of Africa and the international legal order. George Forji Amin explores the complicity of international law in the economic stagnation of the continent by way of a historical account of resource extraction that draws from themes such as Third World approaches, postcolonialism, imperialism, property rights, historical materialism and slavery. [...] The book offers a rare example of how to paint a bigger picture, bringing together the role of international law, its processes and intellectual uses in Africa. It is a most welcome contribution."

P. Sean Morris, University of Helsinki, Finland, for International Affairs 100: 3, 2024