NEOLIBERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IL’S CONTENT AND SOURCES TO NEOCOLONIALISM

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https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v8i2.68696

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The end of the Second World War and the establishment of the UN have provoked new changes as regards international relations. Not only has decolonization became one of the most fundamental rhetorical objectives of international society, but also entrenched changes towards the composition of this society (a majority of underdeveloped countries in the UN system). As a consequence, it seemed that international society and international law would propitiate a new era of mutual development. Nonetheless, new discords have erupted in international society, mainly as concerns the economic realm. The main objective of this article is the demonstration of the continued use of international law (its content and sources) as a legitimizing aspect of global powers imperialism over peripherical States of the world, primarily since the Pax Americana (neoliberal hegemony). To achieve this crucial goal, Critical Theory and International Political Economy’s (IPE) methodologies will be essential, as well as the intrinsic relation between International Law and International Relations’ scopes of knowledge. The utmost result of this research highlights neo-colonial policies in DI’s background. 

Keywords: Neocolonialism; Neoliberalism; International Law; Hegemony; International Economic Governance

Author Biography

Felipe Costa Lima, Université de Strasbourg/PUC-Minas (cotutela de tese)

Professeur Associé de civilisation lusophone à l'Institut d'études Romanes de l'Université de Strasbourg, ainsi que Professeur Associé de anglais avancé à l'École Européenne d'ingénieurs de chimie, polymères et matériaux de l'Université de Strasbourg.

Doctorant en Droit International à l'Université de Strasbourg, France, ainsi que doctorant à la Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brésil (Bourse CAPES) (Cotutelle de thèse). Titulaire d'un Master 2 en Droit International public (parcours Droits Fondamentaux) de l'Université de Strasbourg (bourse Eiffel) (2018); titulaire d'un Master 1/Master 2 en Relations Internationales de la Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) (2017), Brésil; titulaire d'un diplôme de Master 2 en Politique Internationale de l'Université Damásio de Jesus (2016); et titulaire d'une Licence+Master1 en Droit de l'Université Fédérale de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brésil (2012).


*Article basé sur le mémoire  « Analyse critique de l’évolution du droit international à la lumière de l’exemple syrien : du colonialisme au néocolonialisme », qui a été soutenu le 5 septembre 2018 à l’Université de Strasbourg. 


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Costa Lima, F. (2019). NEOLIBERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IL’S CONTENT AND SOURCES TO NEOCOLONIALISM. Conjuntura Global, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v8i2.68696

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