Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era. Throughout much of the 20th 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 America's 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 non-intervention, human rights, and jurisdictional disputes in the Spanish colonies. A timely publication covering an ever-evolving region, Latin American International Law in the 21st Century explores the role of Latin American politics on the world stage. Theories, perspectives, and methods of international law are expertly interwoven with those of sociology, political science, anthropology, philosophy, history, and economics to present a dynamic and multifaceted work of scholarship.
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 and Amaya Álvez Marín: Turning International Law against Indigenous Peoples 6: Steven L. B. Jensen and 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 R. B. 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 andGiovanny 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-BáezEnrique Prieto-RiosMónica 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 Bordin and 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 and Wayne Sandholtz: Corruption and International Law in Latin America: From the Washington Consensus to Human Rights 27: Helena Alviar García andLaura 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. Villarreal: 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, and Sergio Puig: Epilogue: The Birth of a New Canon in Latin American International Law
Alejandro Chehtman is Dean & Professor of Law at the Law School of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina). He is also a Fellow at the Argentine National Research Council (CONICET). Alejandro studied Law at the University of Buenos Aires, where he graduated with honors, and did his MSc in Political Theory and his PhD in Law at the LSE. Before entering academia, he clerked at the Federal Appeals Chamber for Criminal Matters and at the Public Defense Office in the City of Buenos Aires. He works on the interface between Public International Law, Analytical Philosophy and Empirical Legal Studies. Alexandra Huneeus holds the Evjue Bascom Chair at University of Wisconsin, where she is also Director of the Centre for Law, Society, and Justice. She serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of International Law, and in 2017 was appointed to serve a ten-year term as a foreign expert at the Special Jurisdiction for the Peace in Colombia. Originally from Chile, she writes about human rights, transitional justice, international courts, judicial politics and social movements in Latin America. Sergio Puig is Chair in International Economic Law at EUI and Evo DeConcini Professor of Law at UArizona. Co-Editor in Chief of JIEL and a board member of AJIL and EJLS. After practicing law in Mexico and the USA, Puig was teaching fellow of the SPILS Program at Stanford and served as a lecturer in law at Duke. A native from Mexico, with degrees from ITAM and Stanford, Puig writes mainly on international trade & investment law, business & human rights, international courts, and empirical legal studies.
