Arnulf Becker Lorca writes about the universalization of international law, the non-Western adoption of international law theories and what happened to them. I would like to highlight the discussion on the Japanese and Chinese international law scholars and their adoption of many theories (i.e. they didn't have problems with the natural vs. positivist divide, but later sided with the positivist side after having been schooled in Europe etc.).
Interesting reading. I wonder what effect of having many of the brilliant legal thinkers schooled in the US is in the Philippines. How much did this influence the Philippine legal system? Is this good or bad? Are we ahead of the influenced curve then? So what?
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