Arktisen keskuksen Pohjoisen ympäristö- ja vähemmistöoikeuden instituutti ja oikeustieteiden tiedekunta Lapin yliopistosta järjestävät torstaina 19. toukokuuta 2016 klo 10-12 avoimen Study Circle -luennon "International Law in Plural" Arktisessa keskuksessa, Thule-neuvotteluhuoneessa (Pohjoisranta 4). Luennoimaan saapuu tohtori Sreejith S.G. Jindal Global Law Schoolista, Jindal Global Universitysta.
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Study Circle lecture: International Law in Plural
Epistemologically, international law has been a singular structure: It is deemed a normative artifact existing on a temporal linearity which bears marks of interstate interactions. However, of late, as waves of renewalism struck international law, as renewalist groups started to appear in the epistemic landscape of the discipline with new disciplinary beliefs, its epistemological singularity gave way to a plurality hitherto unknown to international law—a plurality of types—transforming international law into three discrete structures: Type 1 International Law, Type 2 International Law and Type 3 International Law.
Indeed, the typological plurality has phenomenological impact on the normative comfort of international law scholars. But at its worst, plurality has problematized the relevance of certain processes of international law, challenging the very epistemic quality and content of the discipline. Typological plurality can, however, be situated through, what the article calls, pluralism-heuristics
Dr. Sreejith S.G. is an Associate Professor, Associate Dean (Academic Affairs), and Executive Director, Centre for International Legal Studies at Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University. He had his higher education from the University of Lapland, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and University of Kerala. He previously worked for Arctic Centre, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, and University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. He is the author of Transcending Jurisprudence: A Critique of the Architectonics of International Law (Lapland: Lapland University Press, 2010). He has also published in San Diego International Law Journal, California Western International Law Journal, Indian Journal of International Law, to name few. He sits on the editorial board of Indian Journal of International Law (Springer). His areas of Interests are public international law, heterodox approaches to international legal thought, and perennial philosophy.
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