The Role of Syrian and Lebanese Intellectuals in the Arab World's Acceptance of International Law

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12645
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 05030:International law-related
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: OKI YUTAROH 九州大学, 法学研究院, 専門研究員 (90737579)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 国際法の受容 / シリア・レバノン / アラビア語国際法学 / 移民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines the question of how non-European societies understood and accepted international law, a norm that originated in modern Europe, or how they did not. This study focuses on the Arabic-speaking world from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, with particular attention to the role of Syrian and Lebanese intellectuals, who had an important demographic impact at the time. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that something different from the positive international law that was becoming mainstream in international law at the time was widely disseminated, and that the concept of international law was used only as a tool to support their political claims, in a discourse that reflected the political positions of the respective authors.

Free Research Field

国際法学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究が持つ第一の意義は、ヨーロッパ起源の国際法がアラビア語圏に対して決して単線的に受容されてきたわけではないことを示したことにある。第二の意義は、国際法の受容過程というものは、現在の国家を単位にのみ考えるだけでは不十分であり、当時の社会の構成や流動性を前提としなければならないことを示した点にある。