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9 - The Historiography of International Law in Russia and Its Successor States

from Part II - The Historiography of International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Lauri Mälksoo
Edited by
Randall Lesaffer  and
Anne Peters
Randall Lesaffer
Affiliation:
KU Leuven & Tilburg University
Anne Peters
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
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Summary

This chapter deals with the historiography of international law in tsarist Russia, the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, as well as other successor states of the Soviet Union. It examines how the understanding of international law has changed in this geographic space, depending on ideologies and needs of the time. Historical contributions and interpretations of outstanding international lawyers and diplomats such as Shafirov, Martens, Baron Taube, Hrabar (Grabar), Kozhevnikov and others are mapped and discussed. Moreover, the chapter also maps how Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet scholars have understood the role of their respective countries in the global history of international law, especially the complex and sometimes problematic role of the Soviet Union and Russia.

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Historiographyinternational lawRussiaSoviet UnionMartensTaubeHravarKozhevnikov
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The Cambridge History of International Law , pp. 273 - 292
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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