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- Title
History and contestation: On teaching Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law.
- Authors
Taha, Mai
- Abstract
In this article, I share some thoughts about the afterlives of Karen Knop's work within the space of the classroom, a space she inhabited with humility, interest, and care. I am approaching this as an ode to her, not only as a brilliant scholar but also as a wonderful teacher, supervisor, and mentor. Every year, I teach 'The Canon of Self-Determination,' a chapter from Knop's 2002 book Diversity and Self-Determination in International Law. Through this chapter, students learn about the trial as a space of political contestation and of rupture and continuity and as a space that opens a conversation with the past as it is constantly shaped and reshaped by the present. Knop was concerned with the question of decolonization in international law and how, through the courtroom, anti-colonial lawyers put international law itself on trial. In this article, I want to think about the enduring significance of teaching this text every year.
- Subjects
KNOP, Karen; LAW teachers; INTERNATIONAL law; SELF-determination theory; SOVEREIGNTY; DECOLONIZATION; FEMINISM
- Publication
University of Toronto Law Journal, 2024, Vol 74, p151
- ISSN
0042-0220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/utlj-2024-0001