Rasulov, A. (2021) The hidden theology of international legal positivism. In: Slotte, P. and Haskell, J. D. (eds.) Christianity and International Law: an Introduction. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, pp. 415-460. ISBN 9781108474559 (doi: 10.1017/9781108565646.019)
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Abstract
This chapter is a study in the critical deconstruction of one of the most popular theoretical paradigms in modern international law and its basic ideological impact on international law as a discipline. The paradigm in question is voluntarist positivism, and the general thrust of its ideological impact on the discipline of international law, I am going to argue, has been to encourage within it the rise and spread of what one might call a theoretical culture of bad faith – a mix of false consciousness, self-censorship, and a “crooked attitude towards truth and knowledge”– particularly, in what concerns international law’s relationship with natural law and Christian theology. The last two sentences use a lot of notoriously ambivalent concepts. For the prevention of doubt, let me explain briefly how I understand them in these pages.
Item Type: | Book Sections |
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Status: | Published |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Rasulov, Professor Akbar |
Authors: | Rasulov, A. |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Law |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
ISBN: | 9781108474559 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2021 Pamela Slotte and John Haskell |
First Published: | First published in Christianity and International Law: an Introduction: 415-460 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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