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Jurisdictional Colonisation in the Spanish and British Empires: Some Reflections on a Global Public Order and the Sacred

Garcia-Salmones, Monica and Eslava, Luis (2010) Jurisdictional Colonisation in the Spanish and British Empires: Some Reflections on a Global Public Order and the Sacred. In: Ruiz Fabri, Helene and Wolfrum, Rudiger and Gogolin, Jana, eds. Select Proceedings of the European Society of International Law. Select Proceedings of the European Society of International Law, 2 . Hart Publishing, pp. 53-81. ISBN 978-1-84946-064-4. E-ISBN 978-1-84731-589-2. (KAR id:40977)

Abstract

A public legal order that aspires to be global must involve the possibility of the sacred. The international legal system should thus be open to the sacred if it strives to create order among states in global governance. These claims arise from a reflection on international law in which we have tried to move beyond imperialistic conceptions of order and modern fears about the role of religion in international law. Here we examine the relation between religion and international law by applying a genealogical approach to two important legal international projects for ordering the world: one theological, the other humanist. Two imperial stories of universalism, redemption, conquest and conversion are recounted. The first occurred during the initial conquest of the New World, and its main characters are the Spanish Empire and the indigenous people of South America. The second story concerns the British Empire and European colonisation in North America.

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Uncontrolled keywords: A public legal order that aspires to be global must involve the possibility of the sacred. The international legal system should thus be open to the sacred if it strives to create order among states in global governance. These claims arise from a reflection on international law in which we have tried to move beyond imperialistic conceptions of order and modern fears about the role of religion in international law. Here we examine the relation between religion and international law by applying a genealogical approach to two important legal international projects for ordering the world: one theological, the other humanist. Two imperial stories of universalism, redemption, conquest and conversion are recounted. The first occurred during the initial conquest of the New World, and its main characters are the Spanish Empire and the indigenous people of South America. The second story concerns the British Empire and European colonisation in North America.
Subjects: K Law
K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School
Depositing User: Catherine Norman
Date Deposited: 06 May 2014 15:05 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:15 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/40977 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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