Now available from Haymarket Books in paperback and in English for the first time.

Between Equal Rights

A Marxist Theory of International Law

by China Miéville

"China Miéville's brilliantly original book is an indispensable guide

for anyone concerned with international law. It is the most

comprehensive scholarly account available of the central theoretical

debates about the foundations of international law. It offers a guide

for the lay reader into the central texts in the field."

--Peter Gowan, Professor, International Relations, London Metropolitan

University.

"The most sophisticated Left critique of international law available

today as well as one of the most significant contributions to the

theory and history of international law I have read. It raises the

debate about law's role in a globalized world order to a completely new

level."

--Martti Koskenniemi, Director, Erik Castren Institute of International

Law, University of Helsinki

"We have waited a long time for a comprehensive and progressive

critique of international law. Miéville proves the wait was worth it."

--Anthony Chase, Nova Southeastern University Law Center

Miéville critically examines existing theories of international law and

offers a compelling alternative Marxist view. Drawing on a critical

history of international law from the sixteenth century to the present

day, Miéville argues that international law is fundamentally

constituted by the violence of imperialism.

China Miéville, PhD, International Relations, London School of

Economics, is an independent researcher and an award-winning novelist.

His novel Perdido Street Station won the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

Haymarket Books

Political Science & Government

ISBN: 1931859337

Trade Paper: 6 x 9, 380 pages

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Distributed in: Canada & the United States

Pub Date: :05/01/2006

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Hardcover edition available from Brill:

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About the Historical Materialism Book Series:

Series editors: Paul Blackledge (Leeds), Sébastien Budgen (Paris),

Michael Krätke (Amsterdam), Stathis Kouvelakis (London), Marcel van der

Linden (Amsterdam), China Miéville (London), Paul Reynolds

(Lancashire), Peter Thomas (Amsterdam).

More than ten years after the disappearance of Marxism as a (supposed) state ideology, a need for a serious and long-term book publishing programme on Marxism has risen. Subjected to the whims of fashion, most contemporary publishers have abandoned any of the systematic production of Marxist theoretical work that they may have indulged in during the 1970s and early 1980s. The Historical Materialism Book Series addresses this great gap with original monographs, translated texts and reprints of "classics."