Full Description
Pakistan and International Law: Dynamics of Identity and State Practice offers a pioneering exploration of Pakistan's evolving relationship with international law.
Framed through the lens of state identity, this volume critically examines how Pakistan, as a post-colonial and Muslim-majority state, has engaged with, adapted to, and influenced international legal norms across diverse domains - from the United Nations system to individual rights and environmental protection, interstate arbitration, right to development, security, water, taxation, and more. The book features contributions from leading scholars and practitioners, combining doctrinal analysis with critical perspectives rooted in Third World Approaches to International Law. It provides in-depth commentary on Pakistan's legislative, judicial, and diplomatic practices, offering a rare state-specific study that fills a significant gap in international legal scholarship. Readers will gain a nuanced understanding of Pakistan's legal landscape and its broader implications for global justice, legal pluralism, transnational legal discourses in internatonal law, and the future of international law. It offers valuable insights into how international law operates in diverse cultural and political contexts, and how state identity shapes - and is shaped by - global legal norms.
The work will be of interest to academics, legal practitioners, policymakers, and students of international law, post-colonial legal studies, Islamic state practices, and South Asian geopolitics.
Contents
Introduction to Pakistan and International Law: Dynamics of Identity and State Practice
1. Third World Perspective on International Law and Pakistan: The Tale of Incomplete Decolonisation
2. Islamic Legal System and Western International Law in Pakistan: An Example of Coexistence or Conflict?
3. Pakistan's Multifaceted Engagement with the United Nations: Balancing Peace, Security, and Socioeconomic Development
4. Rights and Duties of Individuals in International Law and the Challenge of Domestic Application in Pakistan
5. Pakistan and Peaceful Resolution of International Disputes: An Evaluation of the Use of Interstate Arbitration
6. Countering Terrorist Finance: Legislative Initiatives and the Prosecution of Terrorism in Pakistan
7. International Humanitarian Law and its Application in Pakistan
8. Environmental Justice in Pakistan: Bridging International Law and Domestic Implementation
9. The Right to Development in International Law: Perspectives from the Global South and Pakistan's Experience
10. International Water Law: Theories, Principles, and its Role in Pakistan
11. Issues in the Implementation of International Tax Law Principles in Pakistan
12. The Future of International Law and Pakistan: The Need for a Progressive and Inclusive Evolution
