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Berman, Nathaniel.

Passion and ambivalence : colonialism, nationalism, and international law / by Nathaniel Berman. - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012. - xiii, 460 p. ; 25 cm. - Legal history library ; v. 6 Studies in the history of international law ; v. 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the wake of empire -- Intervention in a "divided world" : axes of legitimacy -- "But the alternative is despair" : European nationalism and the modernist renewal of international law -- Between "alliance" and "localization" : nationalism and the new oscillationism -- The nationality decrees case, or, of intimacy and consent -- Beyond colonialism and nationalism? Ethiopia, Czechoslovakia, and "peaceful change" -- Nationalism "Good" and "Bad" : the vicissitudes of an obsession -- Legalizing Jerusalem, or, of law, fantasy, and faith -- Imperial ambivalences : scenes from a critical history of internationalism.

ISBN: 9789004210240 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004210245 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011035752

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intervention (International law)
Intervention (International law)--History.
International law.
Nationalism.

LC Class. No.: KZ6368 / .B47 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 341.5/84