L’énergie de l’État 
Pour une sociologie historique et comparée du politique

Jean-François Bayart

Comment penser l’ébranlement qu’a suscité le passage, aux XIXe et XXe siècles, d’un monde d’empires, gouvernant par la différence ethnique et religieuse, à un système d’États-nations, imposant une uniformisation culturelle et une conception exclusive de la citoyenneté ? Ce livre apporte une réponse originale, en montrant qu’un tel processus a nourri des logiques souvent présentées comme contradictoires, mais en réalité synergiques : la mondialisation, l’universalisation de l’État-nation et la généralisation de consciences identitaristes.

L’Énergie de l’État propose une critique novatrice de la domination contemporaine et de sa bêtise identitaire, alors que le monde travestit son passé et doute de son avenir.
 

Derechos humanos: Una breve introducción (spanish edition)

Andrew Clapham

This new Spanish translation of Andrew Clapham’s second edition of Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction covers the history and philosophy of human rights and details developments concerning rights related to torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, freedom of expression and discrimination. Issues related to lethal force through the use of drones and the so-called “right to be forgotten” are discussed, and there are sections on the rights of persons with disabilities. According to the author, “there is sometimes a tendency among those working in international organisations or in international relations to consider human rights merely as ‘aspirations’ or ‘desires’. Human rights today belong to all individuals and not to some future utopia".

 

Entangled Legalities beyond the State

Edited by Nico Krisch

Law is usually understood as an orderly, coherent system, but this volume shows that it is often better understood as an entangled web. Bringing together eminent contributors from law, political science, sociology, anthropology, history and political theory, it also suggests that entanglement has been characteristic of law for much of its history. The book shifts the focus to the ways in which actors create connections and distance between different legalities in domestic, transnational and international law. It examines a wide range of issue areas, from the relationship of state and indigenous orders to the regulation of global financial markets, from corporate social responsibility to struggles over human rights. 

 

Temps, espaces et histoires – Monuments et héritage raciste et colonial dans l’espace public genevois : état des lieux historique

Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou et Davide Rodogno

Cette publication présente un état des lieux comparatif et historique des monuments et de l’héritage raciste, colonial et esclavagiste dans l’espace public de Genève. L’étude offre un socle d’analyse, une source d’information et une base de réflexion à propos des symboles qui auraient une connotation à caractère raciste ou seraient liés, d’une façon ou d’une autre, au colonialisme et à l’esclavage. Le texte synthétise conceptuellement la connaissance sur la question du mémoriel public, de la discrimination raciale et du legs colonial, et enrichit de manière factuelle le champ d’information, de réflexion, d’éducation et d’action. 

 

Night on Earth
A History of International Humanitarianism, 1918–1930

Davide Rodogno

Night on Earth is a broad-ranging account of international humanitarian programmes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Near East from 1918 to 1930. Davide Rodogno shows that international “relief” and “development” were intertwined long before the birth of the United Nations, with humanitarians operating in a region devastated by war and famine and in which state sovereignty was deficient. Influenced by colonial motivations and ideologies, these humanitarians attempted to reshape entire communities and nations through reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes. 

 

The International Law of Energy

Jorge E. Viñuales

The world’s energy structure underpins the global environmental crisis and changing it will require regulatory change on a massive level. Energy is highly regulated in international law, but the field has never been comprehensively mapped. The legal sources on which the governance of energy is based are plentiful, but they are scattered across a vast legal expanse. This book is the first single-authored study of the international law of energy as a whole. Written by a world-leading expert, it provides a comprehensive account of the international law of energy and analyses the implications of the ongoing energy transformation for international law. 

 

The Meaning of Investment
Vol. 19 of ICSID Reports

Edited by Jorge E. Viñuales and Michael Waibel

The ICSID Reports provide summaries, excerpts and analysis of the main investor-State arbitral awards rendered on a given topic or area selected by the editors. They are an invaluable tool for practitioners, scholars and government lawyers working in the field of public international law, investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration, whether advising foreign investors or States.

Volume 19 of the ICSID Reports focuses on “The Meaning of Investment”, including an opening piece on the unity of investment by leading scholar and arbitrator Professor Christoph Schreuer, and an overview of subject-matter jurisdiction by Professor Michael Waibel. The volume also includes summaries, digests and excerpts of decisions rendered between 2004 and 2016 in 21 cases, which, together, represent the state-of-the-art on this topic.