Tools of imperialism or sources of international law? Treaties and diplomatic relations in early modern and colonial Southeast Asia
Stefan Eklöf Amirell
Abstract:The history of treaty‐making, diplomacy, and international law has traditionally been written from Eurocentric perspectives, but since the middle of the 20th century, Southeast Asia has attracted relatively much attention because of the region's importance for the 17th‐century Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius. More recently, however, the interest in Southeast Asia's role in the history of international law and diplomacy in the early modern period has become more oriented toward understanding the dynamics of internati… Show more
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