Wasiński: Three Lives of International Lawyers and the War Unleashed

Marek Jan Wasiński (Univ. of Lodz - Law) has posted Three Lives of International Lawyers and the War Unleashed (Myśl Polityczna. Political Thought, no. 1(17)/2023). Here's the abstract:

The article encourages self-refection on the teaching, research, and practice of international law. Three alternative biographies of the main character in Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) by Hermann Hesse provide starting points for considering the possible ways in which international lawyers contributed to the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The author argues that transformation, deformalization, and instrumentalization have led to the weaponization of ius contra bellum. Russian aggression against Ukraine has also been interpreted as part of broader opposition against international institutions, internationalization and globalization.