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Abstract:
Histories of International Law in China: All Under Heaven? offers a groundbreaking exploration of China's engagement with international law over the past two centuries. Written by an interdisciplinary group of international law scholars and legal historians, it provides a longue durée perspective, revealing both enduring patterns and profound shifts in China's approach to the global legal order. Beginning with China's millennia-old Sino-centric worldview-rooted in the Confucian concept of Tianxia (All under Heaven)-the book traces China's evolving relationship with international law from its period of isolation to its forced entry into the Western legal system during the First Opium War (1839-1842). It examines the transformation of China's legal landscape through the fall of the Qing Dynasty (1911), the Republican era (1912-1949), and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (1949). The book explores China's relationship with international law from 1949-including through the Cultural Revolution-until the 'reform and opening-up' era and the end of the Cold War. Histories of International Law in China sheds light on often-overlooked historical episodes and key conceptual legacies shaping China's approach to the international legal order. A unique feature is its curated biographies, including multiple long-forgotten or invisible protagonists, such as pioneering women in the history and theory of international law and China. Engagingly written and meticulously researched, this volume offers invaluable insights for legal scholars and researchers interested in understanding China's historical and contemporary role in shaping and making international law.
Table of contents:
I. National Histories of International Law
1.:Histories of International Law in China: An Introduction, Ignacio de la Rasilla, Jiangyu Wang
2.:China and the Turn to the National in the History of International Law, Ignacio de la Rasilla
II. Before and Beyond the Encounter: From Sino-Centric Isolation to Defensive Acculturation to International Law
3.:International Law in China: From Ancient Times to the Encounter, Xinyu Huang
4.:The Opium Wars, Extraterritoriality and International Drug Control, Inge Van Hulle
5.:China's Early Insertion in International Law Through the Protection of its Nationals Abroad: The Rock Springs Massacre, Mimetism and External State Building, Frédéric Mégret & Wanshu Cong
6.:Lost and Found in Translation: How Europeanized International Law Became Universalized in Modern China, Wensheng Qu & Li Wan
7.:'Unequal' Relations between China, Korea, and Japan: The 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki and Extradition Treaties, Masaharu Yanagihara
8.:A History of Italian Colonialism in China at the Turn of the 20th century, Luigi Nuzzo
9.:China, the Western Standard of Civilization and The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907, Mingqian Li
III. International Law in China during the Republican Period
10.:The Republic of China and the League of Nations, Ryan Martinez Mitchell
11.:Professionalizing International Law in China During the Republican, Pasha L. Hsieh
12.:The Introduction of Soviet Theory of International Law to China: How Chinese International Lawyers Turned to Marxism, Congyan Cai and Jie Liu
13.:In the Garden of Gethsemane: US-Sino Relations in the History of International Law during the Republican Period, Christopher R. Rossi
IV. International Law in China from the New China to the Opening-Up and Reform Process
14.:China's International Law and the 'Third World' during the Revolutionary Period (1949-1978), Ignacio de la Rasilla
15.:China, the Cold War and International Law, Jiangyu Wang
16.:Towards a Principle-based International Order? the Origin of China's International Law Vocabulary in the 1950s-1960s, Yifeng Chen
17.:Two Empires: China, Russia and the Soviet Union in the History of International Law, Lauri Mälksoo
18.:China and International Law during the Cultural Revolution and Its Aftermath, Straton Papagianneas
19.:Human Rights and Democracy for All under Heaven in China: Historical Engagements with Two Challenging Principles, Eva Pils
20.:The Decolonization of Hong Kong: from the Unequal Treaties to the Basic Law, Fen Ling
21.:China's Evolving (Re-)Engagement with International Law: From the "Reform and Opening to the Outside World" to Building "Foreign-Related Rule of Law", Jacques deLisle
V. Chinese Historical Portraits in International Law
22.:Wang Chung-hui (1881-1958), Yang Liu
23.:Wellington Koo' (1888-1985), Maria Adele Carrai
24.:Zhou Gengsheng (1889-1971), Chao Wang and Guoqiang Luo
25.:Hsiang Che-chun (1892-1987), Zenghua Zhuo
26.:Li Haopei (1906-1997), Guoyong Zou and Li Jue
27.:Ni Zhengyu (1906-2003), Yayezi Hao & Hong Yu
28.:Han Depei (1911-2009), Yongping Xiao & Jue Li
29.:Wang Tieya (1913-2003), Ken Yang
30.:Qiu Shaoheng (1913-2009), Chao Wang
31.:Zhao Lihai (1916-1996), Ken Yang
32.:Chen Ti-Chiang (1917-1983), Xiaobin Xu
33.:Chinese Women in the Histories of International Law: Forgotten Names and Unfamiliar Paths, Ken Yang
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