Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)

Davinia Gomez Sanchez*, E.S. Arenas Catalán

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This chapter introduces Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) as a critical movement that rethinks the discipline of international law from a transformative perspective. Against mainstream approaches, TWAIL offers a theoretical, methodological and analytical framework that contributes to questioning the foundations of international law as well as the structural exclusions and inequalities underlying the discipline. Highlighting the diversity within this approach, the chapter introduces the reader to TWAIL’s background and origins, followed by a review of its distinctive characteristics, focus and goals, as well as some critiques and shortcomings. It also features two works exemplifying TWAIL’s analysis and concludes with some practical exercises that aim to help the reader apply TWAIL in their work.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationContemporary Methods in International Legal Research
Subtitle of host publicationBetween Legal Interpretivism and Empirical Legal Work
EditorsJuan J. Garcia Blesa
PublisherSpringer
Pages127-166
Number of pages40
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-69522-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-69521-6, 978-3-031-69524-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Dec 2024

Publication series

SeriesSpringer Textbooks in Law

Keywords

  • TWAIL
  • international law
  • international human rights law
  • social rights
  • indigenous peoples
  • third world approaches to international law
  • public international law

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