International Law, the International Development Legal Regime and Developing Countries

International Development Law or the legal regime relating to International Development is one of the aspects of international law that is of greatest interest to developing countries. When the International Law and Development movement began in the early 1960s, the aim was to reform the existing le...

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description International Development Law or the legal regime relating to International Development is one of the aspects of international law that is of greatest interest to developing countries. When the International Law and Development movement began in the early 1960s, the aim was to reform the existing legal system in developing countries in order to pave the way for economic freedom, social welfare and cohesion. This brought about many hopes and aspirations in developing countries; however, these hopes and aspirations faded after a short period when international law and development movement appeared to fail. This paper examines the international law and development movement/regime since the 1960s and why it came to be seen as a weak, dysfunctional and/or collapsed instrument. The paper argues that the international law and development movement collapsed because: (i) the goals of developing countries are not identical to those of developed countries and/ or imperial powers that piloted the movement; (ii) the people of developing countries, where it was envisaged the movement would develop, were not involved along with those that headed the implementation of international law and development agenda; and (iii) that the current international law and development regime has put more emphasis on militarisation than on socio-economic development. The failure, though it did not come as a surprise to many, continues to impact negatively on developing countries. This paper uses structural-functionalist legal theory (often paraphrased as “functionalism”) and an interdisciplinary and critical-analytical approach within the framework of international law and development. It employs qualitative empirical evidence from developing countries for illustrative analysis.
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Developed countries
Developing countries
Economic development
Economics
Emerging markets
Empirical analysis
Financial institutions
Functionalism
Implementation
Industrialized nations
Interdisciplinary aspects
International
international financial institutions
International law
International Law and Development movement
Jurisprudence
Law
LDCs
Legal system
liberal economic internationalisation
Liberty
Militarization
Neoliberalism
public international law
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Reforms
Social welfare
Socioeconomic development
structural-functionalist legal theory
Studies
Terminology
Trends
Welfare economics
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