Research

A wide range of research projects are currently being carried out at the Manchester International Law Centre under the umbrella theme of ‘Interrogating Global Legal Cultures’.

This theme evokes a rich and multifaceted academic inquiry, positioning itself at the intersection of international law, critical theory, and cultural studies. It calls for a critical and expansive inquiry into the interplay between global legal dynamics and local practices that challenges traditional and dominant narratives. It emphasises pluralism, continuous questioning, and interdisciplinary approaches, making it a fertile ground for diverse research agendas.

This theme aligns with various research agendas at the Manchester International Law Centre:

  • Critiques of modern patterns of thought
  • Struggles for authority
  • Challenging universalism
  • Global economic regulatory systems
  • Manifestations of everyday global legal encounters

Recent Publications:

Books:

  • Jean d'Aspremont:
    • The Experiences of International Organizations: A Phenomenological Approach to International Organizations (Edward Elgar, 2023).
  • John Haskell:
    • God, Money, and Technology in International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
  • Emma Nyhan:
    • Desert-Dwellers of International Law: How the Bedouin in Israel Became Indigenous in International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
  • Yusra Suedi:
    • The Individual in the Law and Practice of the International Court of Justice (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).
  • Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu:
    • Norms, Interests and International Trade Law in the Southern Hemisphere (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

Edited Collections:

  • Justine Bendel and Yusra Suedi (eds.):
    • Public Interest Litigation in International Law (Routledge, 2023).
  • John Haskell:
    • Research Handbook on Political Economy and Law (Edward Elgar, forthcoming)

Journal Articles:

  • Jean d'Aspremont:
    • ‘The Love for International Organizations’ (2023) 20(2) International Organizations Law Review 111.
    • ’The Chivalric Pursuit of Coherence in International Law’ (2023) 37 Leiden Journal of International Law 191.
    • ’Affects, Emotions, and the Cartesian Epistemology of International Law’ (2023) 14(3) Journal of International Dispute Settlement 281.
  • John Haskell:
    • ’International Law as a Cyborg Science’ (2023) 92 Nordic Journal of International Law 9.
  • John Haskell and Jessica Fish:
    • ‘Law and Technology in the US School Industry’ 22 (2022)3 Global Jurist, 433.
  • Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu:
    • ‘Reflecting on the Rule of Law Contestations Narratives in the World Trading System’ (2024) 15 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 238.
  • Emma Nyhan:
    • ‘The Rights Translator: Labouring Global Human Rights Law in Everyday Life’ Humanity (forthcoming).
    • ‘Humans Encounters with International Courts: Indigenous Australians and Chagossians at the International Court of Justice’ The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence (forthcoming).

Book Chapters:

  • Justine Bendel and Yusra Suedi:
    • ‘Public Interest Litigation: A Pipe Dream or the Future of International Litigation?’ in Justine Bendel and Yusra Suedi (eds), Public Interest Litigation in International Law (Routledge, 2023)
  • Yenkong Ngangjoh-Hodu:
    • ‘Rule of Law and International Trade Law in an era of ‘Delegalisation’ in Ming Du (ed), China and the Future of International Economic Law (Hart, forthcoming).
    • ‘Contesting the Concept of Legitimate Expectation in Investment Arbitration’ in R. Valim & W. Warde (eds), Public Law and Arbitration: The Emerging Challenges of Private State Dispute Resolution (Contracorrente, 2022), 119.
  • John Haskell:
    • ‘Value Talk in Legal Academia’ in Gordon et al (eds), Constitutions of Value (Routledge, 2023)
  • Iain Scobbie:
    • ‘Voyaging towards Valais: Some Thinking about Thinking about International Law’ in Malcolm Evans (ed), International Law (Oxford University Press, 2024).
    • ‘Interim Measures: International Tribunals as International Organisations’ in Eric de Brabandere (ed), International Procedure in Interstate Litigation and Arbitration (Cambridge University Press, 2022)
    • ‘Crisis, What Damned Crisis?’ in Makane Moïse Mbengue and Jean d'Aspremont (eds), Crisis Narratives in International Law (Brill, 2022).

Reports and Other Outputs: