What can International Law Learn from Indian Mythology, Hinduism and History?

Singh, Alakh Niranjan; Singh, Prabhakar

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“…Scholars have suggested that in ancient Indian all the activities were guided by the four goals of dharma (concern for social order or religion), artha (wealth), karma (pleasure) and moksa (deliverance from travails of life, or spiritualism) (Sharma, 2009). Dharma remained perhaps the central aspect of community in Ancient India (Singh & Singh, 2009). Meaning of dharma had a very close relationship with the Hindu philosophical thought and social structure and was created for the wellbeing of all creation.…”

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“…As the key adviser of Chandragupta Maurya (317-293 B.C), he defeated the Nanda kings, stopped the advance of Alexander's successors, and for the first time ever in the history of ancient India, united most of the Indian subcontinent into the Magadha Empire. The Mauryan Empire was vast and was the first empire in archaeologically recorded history to rule most of the Indian subcontinent with borders extending to Afghanistan (Singh & Singh, 2009). Kautilya work makes a great advance upon the branch of State Law, i.e.…”

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Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective<sup>1</sup>

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2014

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The territory of India is the locus of an ancient and deeply philosophical culture. This land not only gave birth to the epic religion of Hinduism but also to the first urban civilization, the Indus Valley Civilization. Many different kingdoms such as Mauryan Empire and Mughal Empire with customary authoritative decision practices also emerged in the Indian subcontinent. However, the impact these deep and distinct cultures, civilizations and empires have had on decision-making and official behavior in India over the decades has not been studied. This article seeks to study the notion of law/interstate law in pre-colonial India, how it was formulated during and in what way/s the process of making law was different from western traditions of law-making. To achieve this end, the New Haven methodology will be adopted. This work will also provide some preliminary conclusions in relation to Indian foreign policy which remains "formalist dualism" from ancient to current times.

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Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective<sup>1</sup>

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2014

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Indian International Law: From a Colonized Apologist to a Subaltern Protagonist

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2010

Leiden Journal of International Law

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Indian responses to international law have now seen three generations of scholarship. A decade into its independence, India began playing its role in what has retrospectively been referred to as Third World approaches to international law (TWAIL). The early 1990s witnessed the rise of TWAIL II. Armed with interdisciplinarity and inspired by the subaltern pathology of the state in the 1970s, TWAIL II scholars barged into areas with approaches never seen before. Bhupinder Chimni alone discovered six perspectives of international law from India. My article picks up from where Professor Anand has left off and adds a seventh ‘tribal’ tale to Chimni's six. It is also argued that the category ‘Third World’ needs redefinition, as pockets of poverty are increasingly betraying geography. Indian law schools have also been evaluated vis-à-vis promotion of TWAIL. The paper covers, as comprehensively as possible, approaches and issues, direct or collateral, regarding an international law from India.

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The Repudiation of InvestorrState Arbitration and Subsequent Treaty Practice: The Resurgence of Qualified InvestorrState Arbitration

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Musayelyan

2016

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What can International Law Learn from Indian Mythology, Hinduism and History?

Abstract: Modern India has been rather silent on its role in international law. This reticence remains unexplained in the comparative

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Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective<sup>1</sup>

Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective<sup>1</sup>

Indian International Law: From a Colonized Apologist to a Subaltern Protagonist

The Repudiation of InvestorrState Arbitration and Subsequent Treaty Practice: The Resurgence of Qualified InvestorrState Arbitration

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What can International Law Learn from Indian Mythology, Hinduism and History?

Abstract: Modern India has been rather silent on its role in international law. This reticence remains unexplained in the comparative

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Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;

Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;

Indian International Law: From a Colonized Apologist to a Subaltern Protagonist

The Repudiation of InvestorrState Arbitration and Subsequent Treaty Practice: The Resurgence of Qualified InvestorrState Arbitration

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Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective<sup>1</sup>

Edict in Pre-Colonial India: An Analysis from the New Haven Perspective<sup>1</sup>