International Law and the Reconceptualization of Territorial Boundaries: In Pursuit of Perpetual Peace

This book critically analyzes the state-based regime of international law, eliciting its colonial and decolonial origins and proposing a new sub-regional basis for dealing with contemporary global challenges. Since 1648, public international law has taken many steps to maintain peace and establish a just order.The State is deemed central to each of these efforts.Yet modern challenges, such as environmental mitigation, mass migration, and the need to stimulate economic growth, overwhelm the State.Could a regional approach to these questions, achieved in conjunction with strong sub-national local governance, establish a more effective framework for systemic change?Drawing on a history of colonization and decolonization, while scrutinizing decisions made about the imposition of the State on the basis of colonial boundaries, this multidisciplinary work analyses why current challenges are unlikely to be adequately addressed through existing governance structures.In response, it advocates fo