La Cour! La Mer!

Authors

Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Temple International & Comparative Law Journal

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

The presence of courts—la Cour, certainement, mais d’autres aussi—weaves and wends throughout The Last Colony. Fundamentally, this is a story of courts (tribunals, arbitrations, etc.) righting wrongs or, in the least, setting a tune for wrongrighting to which political institutions then can hum along. Philippe Sands evokes the solemnity of legalism with the ‘La Cour!’ greeting, which he plays and replays, and with which he begins his book. These are welcoming words, for Sands, and also welcoming words for law, insofar as they signal the opening of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—La Cour!—for the Chagossian justice journey. This journey aims at redressing the U.K.’s partition of Chagos from Mauritius and the resultant expulsion of Chagossian residents.

Recommended Citation

Mark A. Drumbl, La Cour! La Mer!, 38 Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J. 179 (2024).