Understanding International Economic Law in Unsettling Times: A Feminist Approach

Abstract

Abstract This article aims at reflecting on the alleged ‘unsettling times’ of international economic law. To do so, it uses some methodological tools of feminist approaches to international law. With this particular perspective, it aims at voicing the criticisms addressed to this particular branch of international law: its mechanisms of domination, its biases and its unjust character. After an assessment of these problems, the article concludes that what a feminist deconstruction shows is the need for clearer, more transparent and better balanced rules shaping this field.