INTERVIEW
INTERNATIONAL LAW
VOL. 10, NO. 2, PGS. 1–9

ESPAÑOL

International Law: Instrument of Power or Path to Justice?
A conversation with Martti Koskenniemi

Martti Koskenniemi is Academician of Science (Tieteen Akateemikko) and Professor Emeritus of International Law at the University of Helsinki. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has worked as a diplomat with the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and served as a member of the International Law Commission. His most recent publication is Of Law and the World: Critical Conversations on Power, History, and Political Economy.

How did international law come about? What problems was it aimed to solve, and whose problems were they?

Modern international law emerged at the end of the 19th century with two objectives: to expand liberal government in Europe and to “civilize” the colonies. At its core was the principle of state sovereignty, which was intended to regulate the peaceful interactions of European states and enable them to govern [...]

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