Framing the concept of TWAIL: “Third World Approaches to International Law” | Enquadrando o conceito de TWAIL: “Abordagens do Terceiro Mundo ao Direito Internacional”

@inproceedings{Ramina2018FramingTC,
  title={Framing the concept of TWAIL: “Third World Approaches to International Law” | Enquadrando o conceito de TWAIL: “Abordagens do Terceiro Mundo ao Direito Internacional”},
  author={Larissa Ramina},
  year={2018}
}
Framing the concept of TWAIL: “Third World Approaches to International Law” Abstract: The authors who identify themselves as “twailers” advocate for the importance of the thoughts related to the concept of “Third World Approaches to International Law”, known as TWAIL. This paper first explains the importance of understanding the concept of TWAIL - “Third World Approaches to Internacional Law”. Afterwards, it frames the concept of TWAIL according to some of its main scholars, considering… 
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