Endroits of Planetary Ordering: Violence, Law, Space, & Capital in the Diplomatic History of 19th Century Europe

• Published in: German Law Journal
• Main Author: Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Theory and history of international law; science and technology studies; law and architecture; legal materiality; Walter Benjamin; Law of Europe; KJ-KKZ; Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence; K1-7720; Bourgeois; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.82; https://doaj.org/article/828c12dddc8043339736ac616cec3941

If Derrida once praised English for the richness of the expression “to enforce the law,” in this article I return the favor and embrace the ambiguity of the French word endroit. While it means nothing more than place, I suggest one could draw from Benjamin’s work on dwelling to ponder on the meaning...