OUVRAGE : A. Chehtman, A. Huneeus, S. Puig (eds.), Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century

Alejandro CHEHTMAN, Alexandra HUNEEUS, Sergio PUIG

Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era. Throughout much of the twentieth century, Latin American politics were entangled with the political and economic interests of the United States. Today, as the global order shifts, scholars and legal practitioners are grappling with the current restructuring and potential transformation of international relations – and what this means for international law in the region.

This collection of essays brings together a group of highly regarded scholars to present a broad survey of Latin Americas approaches and contributions, historically and presently, to the field of international law.

Comprehensive, diverse, and multidisciplinary, the book covers recent developments in areas like environmental regulation, internet regulation, Indigenous rights, LGBTIQ rights, and public health, among others. It also considers more traditional themes, such as law and development, the doctrine of nonintervention, human rights, and jurisdictional disputes in the Spanish colonies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations
Introduction to Latin American International Law

PART I.
HISTORY

1. Pablo Mijangos y González, The Spanish American Concordats (1821-1875)
2. Louise Fawcett, Early Internationalists: Bello, Calvo, and Álvarez and Beyond
3. Fabia Fernandes Carvalho, Nonintervention, Nonrecognition, and the Articulation of a Mexican Doctrine of International Law: Assessing the Contribution of Isidro Fabela and Genaro Estrada
4. Juan Pablo Scarfi, The Montevideo Convention and Its Predecessors
5. Arnulf Becker Lorca, Amaya Álvez Marín, Turning International Law against Indigenous Peoples
6. Steven L. B. Jensen, Kathryn Sikkink, Latin American and Caribbean Contributions to Human Rights Law

 

PART II.
THEORIES AND METHODS

7. Sergio Puig, Interdisciplinarity and LAIL: The Case of International Economic Law
8. Mariana Mota Prado, Law and Development in/from Latin America
9. René Urueña, Technoscientific Thought and International Law in Latin America
10. George Rodrigo Bandeira Galindo, Critical Approaches to International Law in Latin America
11. Ana Micaela Alterio, Feminisms and International Law in Latin America: The Dispute over Protection of Women's Rights in the Inter-American Human Rights System
12. Roberto Gargarella, Democracy, Legitimacy, and Authority in International Courts
13. Ximena Fuentes, Positivism and Latin American Developments in International Law

 

PART III.
INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICE

14. Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Giovanny Vega-Barbosa, The Latin American States and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes before the International Court of Justice: Toward Confidence as the Contemporary Pattern
15. Elizabeth Salmón, International Humanitarian Law in Latin America: The Role of Truth Commissions
16. Manuel A. Gómez, The Dynamic Relationship between Latin American Legal Professionals and International Law: Two Contemporary Examples
17. Mónica Pinto, Education in International Law in Latin America
18. David Landau, Local Politics and Regional Rights: Reflections on Comparative International Law in the Americas
19. Jorge Contesse, The Human Rights Institutions of Latin America

 

PART IV.
NEW DOCTRINES

20. Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Contributions of Latin America to International Law: Reparations for Human Rights Violations
21. Alejandro Chehtman, Latin America as a Laboratory of Transitional Justice
22. Maryluz Barragan Gonzalez, The Racial Dimension of Latin American International Law
23. Lina M. Céspedes-Báez, Enrique Prieto-Rios, Mónica Mazariegos-Rodas, Community of Practice and the Ius Constitutionale Commune en América Latina
24. María Teresa Infante Caffi, Maritime Delimitation in Latin America
25. Fernando Lusa Bordin, Federica Paddeu, Latin America and the Codification of the Law of State Responsibility: A Tale of Juridical Equality and Nonintervention

 

PART V.
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

26. Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Wayne Sandholtz, Corruption and International Law in Latin America: From the Washington Consensus to Human Rights,
27. Helena Alviar García, Laura Betancur-Restrepo, Strategic Uses of International Law in Peace Negotiations in Colombia
28. Beatriz Garcia, The Promise of Environmental Cooperation in Latin America: Enhancing Forest Conservation through Sustainable Supply Chains
29. Alexandra Huneeus, Can the Inter-American Court Tip Us toward Climate Justice?
30. Pedro A. Villarrea, Health Law and Pandemics in Latin America
31. Rodrigo Polanco, Latin America and the Regulation of Internet and Digital Trade
32. Alejandro Chehtman, Alexandra Huneeus, Sergio Puig, Epilogue: The Birth of a New Canon in Latin American International Law

Index

Alejandro CHEHTMAN, Alexandra HUNEEUS, Sergio PUIG (eds.), Latin American International Law in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2025 (696 pp.)