The official blog of the
Asian Society of International Law
The AsianSIL Voices seeks to pursue the same broad goals that underpin the Asian Society of International Law and its journal, the Asian Journal of International Law (AsianJIL), namely, to promote international law in Asia and foster the development and articulation of Asian perspectives on international law. Like the Society itself and the AsianJIL, AsianSIL Voices seeks to be attuned to the many challenges that academics in Asia face in presenting their ideas out into the world. We have chosen the title AsianSIL Voices for our blog as we hope it will serve as a forum for the many diverse voices of Asia, younger and senior scholars, positivists and critical scholars, feminists and historians, and scholars of other persuasions. More…
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