#twail

[ritaglietti]

[philosophika]

Radical Imagining of ‘Just & Green’ Futures

What are the features, knowledges, values, representations, practices, infrastructures, institutions, and governance modes of a just world t

"It is not a coincidence that the legacy of five hundred years of settler colonialism, genocide, slavery, apartheid, and systemic racial discrimination is climate change, mass extinction, desertification, deforestation, and the increasing toxicity of the air, water, and land." ~Usha Natarajan

[symmetricalxdamsel-blog]

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss Slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.

Mark Twain

[vhil]

The remains of a pepper wreck from a Portuguese East-Indiaman, presumably the Nossa Senhora dos Martires, lost on 15 September 1606 while returning from Cochin, Kerala. Maritime Museum, Lisbon.

As Professor R.P. Anand explains, the origins of modern international law can be traced back to trade in black pepper between the European powers and the East Indies. The first book of modern international law, Mare Liberum, was prepared as a legal brief by a Dutch jurist, Hugo Grotius, to contest the Portuguese monopoly of Indian Ocean trade, particularly trade in black pepper and other spices, and to defend his country‘s right to have freedom of the seas to have trade with East Indies. Read more.

[cremo-sidad]

TWAIL - Third World Approaches to International Law

Ran across this and thought I would share; it's a nice list of resources (with links to PDFs) for those interested in learning more about TWAIL.