Virtual Centre of International Law

Towards a New International Legal Order by R.P.Anand

I Towards A New Universal International Law: An Asian Perspective R.P. Anand Universality of International Law a Recent Phenomenon: There is a wide-spread assumption today that international law is equally applicable to all the states.. It is expected to make no distinction between states, east or west, north or south, rich or poor, developed or underdeveloped . It is usually defined ―as the body of rules which are legally binding on states in their intercourse with each other.‖ 1 As the...

Development of Modern International Law and India By R.P. Anand

International Law in Ancient Societies and India   Although European writers, with a tremendous sense of pride, assert that modern international law is a product exculsively of the Western European Christian civilization, and that it is not more than four or five hunderd years old, there is little doubt that ancient societies like India, China, Egypt and Assyria had their own much...

Family of Civilized States & Japan By R.P. Anand

England, A Paramount Power in India in the Nineteenth Century:  By the nineteenth century, after defeating and displacing the Portuguese, the Dutch and the French not only in Europe but also in Africa and the Americas, Britain not only got a foothold in India, but came to occupy large parts of it. With the expulsion of other European companies, especially French ones...

Law of the Sea in Historical Perspective R. P. Anand

Law of the Sea: Product of the European Civilization:   It is generally believed, especially in Europe, that law of the sea, like other rules of inter-state conduct of modern international law, is a product of Western European  Christian civilization to which non-European countries have contributed practically little or nothing. Ignorant or ignoring the rules of...

Environment, Development and the Developing Countries

A Divided World:  With the collapse of the Soviet Empire and the Soviet Union itself, the cold war, waged relentlessly since the Second World War, had subsided and  there was some respite. But the world is still...

Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes By R.P. Anand

Law of Jungle in International Relations:  We are living in a dangerous world indeed. In a world mired in innumerable disputes among nations and dominated by violence all around,  it is indeed sad to notice that the law of jungle still prevails as the ultimate mechanism to settle disputes between nations. If we want to avoid the  bloodbath of continuous warfare in our international society, we should be prepared to resolve our disputes through impartial third-party settlement...