Ressource pédagogique : Florenz Volkaert - The First Generation of International Economic Lawyers? Juridification and Professionalization in International Economic Diplomacy: A Prosopography and Discourse Network Analysis (1850-1914)

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Contemporary international economic law is considered an autonomous subdiscipline of international law administered by an epistemic community of international lawyers and economists, separate from public international law. In stark contrast to today, the 19th century jurists, diplomats and laymen involved in the creation of norms to regulate interstate economic relations did not perceive themselves as practicing a field distinct from public international law. The existing body of FTAs was not considered a branch separate from public international law. Neither was there a developed profession of international economic lawyers. Nevertheless, despite there being no specialist legal profession for international economic relations, international lawyers occasionally touched upon it in public international law treatises. Only around 1900, the first specialized academic writings on international economic relations start to appear. In this paper, I provide an overview of the legal arguments produced by public international lawyers during the period +-1870-1914, supported by prosopography and discourse network analysis, to uncover educational and intellectual backgrounds as well as academic and interpersonal entanglements. As such, the paper considers the internal development of international law doctrine, reflecting on the juridification of international economic relations and professionalization of this particular subfield of international law.  

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