Between Equal Rights A Marxist Theory of International Law

This book critically examines existing theories of
international law and makes the case for an alternative Marxist approach.
China Miéville draws on the pioneering jurisprudence of Evgeny Pashukanis
linking law to commodity exchange, and in turn uses international law to
make better sense of Pashukanis. Miéville argues that despite its advances,
the recent 'New Stream' of radical international legal scholarship, like
the mainstream it opposes, fails to make sense of the legal form itself.
Drawing on Marxist theory and a critical history of international law from
the sixteenth century to the present day, Miéville seeks to address that
failure, and argues that international law is fundamentally constituted by
the violence of imperialism.