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III Regions, III The Americas and The Caribbean, 23 Latin America

Jorge L Esquirol

From: The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law

Edited By: Bardo Fassbender, Anne Peters

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Law
Published in print:
01 October 2012
ISBN:
9780199599752

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 28 March 2023

Subject(s):
History of international law — State practice — Codification — Belligerence
This chapter focuses on the international law most relevant to Latin Americans, from the wars of independence beginning in 1810 to the middle of the 20th century. The most renowned development was, no doubt, the assertion of a uniquely Latin American international law, equal in rank to general international law. It was premised on the different practices and treaties of American States. However, this was not the only important creation of international law in the region. A range of local events spurred distinct doctrinal developments. For instance, the...
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