New York City Bar Association hosts University of Bolton law lecturer as he celebrates publishing new book

A University of Bolton law lecturer’s new book was celebrated at a symposium hosted by The New York City Bar Association.

Dr George Forji Amin’s book, International Law and the History of Resource Extraction in Africa: Capital Accumulation and Underdevelopment, 1450-1918, examines the economic and legal structures that supported European intervention in Africa.

It explores the trade and private property rights which were to shape the economic future of the continent and investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries.

It makes the argument that the doctrines of trade and property rights sanctioned by international law led to a trend of African dispossession that set the continent on a path to underdevelopment, with long-reaching consequences.

The New York City Bar Association, which hosted the online session, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students, founded in 1870 and one of the oldest and largest bar associations in the world, with more than 23,000 members. It is dedicated to improving the administration of justice and promoting the study of law.

International Law and the History of Resource Extraction in Africa: Capital Accumulation and Underdevelopment, 1450-1918 will be of interest to researchers and students across law, history, economics, international relations, and African studies.

Copies can be ordered here: International Law and the History of Resource Extraction in Africa: Ca (routledge.com)