New State and International Law

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I admire much of this contemporary exposition of a somewhat dissident view expressed by Asian, African, Latin American and other scholars who have learned the inadequacies of international law as students in Europe and in the United States. Professor R P Anand, work is among the most impressive of these expressions of the dissident view, appears to agree that sense of the inadequacy of international law was developed by the dissidents when they were students in Western Universities. One of the impressive contributors to the literature of international law which have been made in the Third World, has been Professor R P Anand's New States and International Law, published in his native India. Professor Anand has established himself as an eminent spokesman for the school of thought which questions the universality of the binding force of international law. Although I agree with many of his views, I would debate others.Fascinating book: New States and International Law. You will understand that I read it with more than the usual interest of one scholar for a fine piece of work by another. You were dealing here with the heart of the matter. There is not a more important topic in international law than the question of the impact of the new states on the body of the law of nations as it stood. When I was in India, years ago, I had the opportunity to talk with the then Prime Minister Nehru. I asked him to mention to me Indian legal scholars who might be considered as the voice of Asia in matters of international law. Nehru answered, after having been in deep thought for some time: "they do not exist yet, the Indian international lawyers are educated in England, and have not yet developed an Asian viewpoint. We have to wait for young-scholars, who will express the attitude of the newly independent peoples."I think you have fulfilled Nehru's expectations, in formulating in a concise and systematic manner the opinions of the New Nations. Congratulations! You have written a fine book, which will play a role in the development of many scholars in the development of international law itself. About Author : R P Anand Professor Emeritus at present in the Division of International Legal Studies of the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. Professor Anand retired from the University in 1998 after serving there for nearly 33 years as Professor and Head of that Division. Anand is a well-known scholar in the field of international law and widely recognized as a spokesman of the Third World views on the subject. One of the two Indian elected members of the Institute de Droit International at present, Professor Anand has been recipient of a number of awards and honours in the field, visiting scholar in several universities and institutes of higher learning in the United States and Europe, Lecturer at the Hague Academy of International Law, UGC National Lecturer in Law in India, and has served as Legal Consultant to the UN Secretary-General on Law of the Sea. Author or Editor of 20 books, Professor Anand has published more than one hundred articles in professional journals in Canada, Europe, India, Japan and the United States. Contents : Contents1. Introduction2. Traditional International Law: Legacy of the Colonial and Imperialist Age3. Need for Stability and the Demands for Change4. Economic Development and International Law5. ConclusionSummation: Universal International Law for the Universal International SocietyIndex