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.