Dr Ntina Tzouvala

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Dr Ntina Tzouvala joined UNSW in January 2025. Prior to this, she was an associate professor at the ANU College of Law. Her work focuses on the history, theory and political economy of international law.��She is especially interested in historical materialism, deconstruction, feminist and queer legal theory. Her first monograph, Capitalism as Civilisation: A History of International Law, was published by Cambridge University Press in late 2020. Her book was awarded the 2022 ASIL Certificate of Merit for a preeminent contribution to creative scholarship and the Australian Legal Research Award (ALRA) in the book category. In addition, it was shortlisted for the Deutscher Prize and was awarded a honourable mention in the context of the 2021 Sussex Prize in International Theory. Her work has also appeared in leading international law journals, including the European Journal of International Law, the Leiden Journal of International Law and the Journal of International Economic Law.

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Books | 2020

Tzouvala N, 2020, Capitalism As Civilisation A History of International Law, Cambridge University Press
Book Chapters | 2024

Tzouvala N, 2024, 'Teaching International Law against Racism and Empire', in Adebisi F; Jivraj S; Tzouvala N (ed.), Decolonisation, Anti-Racism, and Legal Pedagogy, Routledge, pp. 179 - 192,
Edited Books | 2023

Tzouvala N; Adebisi F; Jivraj S, (eds.), 2023, Decolonisation, Anti-Racism, and Legal Pedagogy: Strategies, Successes, and Challenges, Routledge,
Journal articles | 2025

Tzouvala N, 2025, 'BOOK REVIEW: Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market', International Journal of Law in Context,

Journal articles | 2025

Tzouvala N, 2025, 'Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market By Adam Hanieh , London & New York: Verso, 2024. 336 pp. ISBN: 9781839763427 £17.31 (hardback)', International Journal of Law in Context, pp. 1 - 6,

Journal articles | 2025

Tzouvala N, 2025, 'International law as a discipline in crisis', Australian Journal of International Affairs, 79, pp. 71 - 78,

Journal articles | 2025

Tzouvala N, 2025, 'Sovereignty, international law, and the princely states of colonial South Asia', Indian Law Review, pp. 1 - 8,

Journal articles | 2024

Krever T; Veličković M; Mégret F; Engle K; Aoláin FN; Knox R; Hammouri S; Quigley J; Jaber N; Rigney S; Kendall S; da Silva C; Schwöbel-Patel C; Samour N; Burgis-Kasthala M; Teitel RG; Korhonen O; Bowring B; Allen LA; Chandler D; Nesiah V; Pappé I; Fakhri M; Miller Z; Drumbl MA; Sayed H; Tzouvala N; Joyce D; Douzinas C; Edelbi S; Hoffmann F; Jallad Z; Lorca AB; Hajyahia A; Kolabhai RL; Cravo TA; Chiam M; Quintana F-J; Betancur-Restrepo L; Carvalho FF; Kulamadayil L; Li D; Reynolds J; Sayed A; Eslava L; Whyte J; Clark M; Clements R; Gevers C; Shalbak I; Uriburu J; Özsu U; Hernández G; Tallgren I, 2024, 'On international law and Gaza: critical reflections', London Review of International Law, 12, pp. 217 - 301,

Journal articles | 2024

Tzouvala N, 2024, 'Aggression, Capitalism, and International Law: Missed Opportunities or Structural Constraints?', Current Legal Problems, 77, pp. 201 - 232,

Journal articles | 2023

Tzouvala N, 2023, 'The “Unwilling or Unable” Doctrine and the Political Economy of the War on Terror', Humanity An International Journal of Human Rights Humanitarianism and Development, 14, pp. 19 - 38,

Journal articles | 2022

Gathii JT; Tzouvala N, 2022, 'Racial Capitalism and International Economic Law: Introduction', Journal of International Economic Law, 25, pp. 199 - 206,

Journal articles | 2022

Kotova A; Tzouvala N, 2022, 'In Defense of Comparisons: Russia and the Transmutations of Imperialism in International Law', American Journal of International Law, 116, pp. 710 - 719,

Journal articles | 2022

Tzouvala N, 2022, 'Capitalism as Civilisation, Or How to Respond to Your Book Reviews When the Author Is Dead', European Journal of Legal Studies

Journal articles | 2022

Tzouvala N, 2022, 'Full Protection and Security (for Racial Capitalism)', Journal of International Economic Law, 25, pp. 224 - 241,

Journal articles | 2022

Tzouvala N, 2022, 'Global capitalism and law, and where to find them: Afterword to the Foreword by Karen Alter', International Journal of Constitutional Law, 20, pp. 60 - 66,

Journal articles | 2022

Tzouvala N, 2022, 'International Law and (the Critique of) Political Economy', South Atlantic Quarterly, 121, pp. 297 - 320,

Journal articles | 2022

Tzouvala N, 2022, 'Invested in Whiteness: Zimbabwe, the von Pezold Arbitration, and the Question of Race in International Law', Journal of Law and Political Economy, 2,

Journal articles | 2021

Fallah K; Tzouvala N, 2021, 'Deploying Race, Employing Force: ‘African Mercenaries’ and the 2011 NATO Intervention in Libya', UCLA Law Review, 67, pp. 1580 - 1609

Journal articles | 2021

Knox R; Tzouvala N, 2021, 'International Law of State Responsibility and COVID-19: An Ideology Critique', The Australian Year Book of International Law Online, 39, pp. 105 - 121,

Journal articles | 2021

Tzouvala N, 2021, 'Book Review: Settler Colonialism, Race, And The Law: Why Structural Racism Persists By Natsu Taylor Saito', Melbourne Journal of International Law, 21, pp. 469 - 489,

Journal articles | 2021

Tzouvala N, 2021, 'Casey, Christopher A.: Nationals Abroad: Globalization, Individual Rights, and the Making of Modern International Law (2020)', Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law, 81, pp. 271 - 276,

Journal articles | 2020

Tzouvala N, 2020, 'The Ordo-Liberal Origins of Modern International Investment Law: Constructing Competition on a Global Scale', European Yearbook of International Economic Law

Journal articles | 2020

Tzouvala N, 2020, 'World Trade and Investment Law Reimagined: A Progressive Agenda for an Inclusive Globalization', European Journal of International Law, 31, pp. 1166 - 1170,

Journal articles | 2019

Tzouvala N, 2019, 'A false promise? Regulating land-grabbing and the post-colonial state', Leiden Journal of International Law, 32, pp. 235 - 253,

Journal articles | 2018

Grasten M; Tzouvala N, 2018, 'The political economy of international transitional administration: regulating food and farming in Kosovo and Iraq', Contemporary Politics, 24, pp. 588 - 606,

Journal articles | 2018

Tzouvala N, 2018, 'The academic debate about mega-regionals and international lawyers: legalism as critique?', London Review of International Law, 6, pp. 189 - 209,

Journal articles | 2018

Tzouvala N, 2018, '‘These Ancient Arenas of Racial Struggles’: International Law and the Balkans, 1878–1949', European Journal of International Law, 29, pp. 1149 - 1171,

Journal articles | 2017

Tzouvala N, 2017, 'Food for the Global Market: The Neoliberal Reconstruction of Agriculture in Occupied Iraq (2003–2004) and the role of international law', Global Jurist, 17,

Journal articles | 2016

Tzouvala N, 2016, 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold? Thinking About Sovereignty, Expertise and Neoliberalism in the Light of Brexit', German Law Journal, 17, pp. 117 - 124,

Journal articles | 2016

Tzouvala N, 2016, 'New Approaches to International Law: The History of a Project', European Journal of International Law, 27, pp. 215 - 233,

Journal articles | 2015

Tzouvala N, 2015, 'TWAIL and the “Unwilling or Unable” Doctrine: Continuities and Ruptures', AJIL Unbound, 109, pp. 266 - 270,

Journal articles | 2015

Tzouvala N, 2015, 'The Holy See and Children’s Rights: International Human Rights Law and Its Ghosts', Nordic Journal of International Law, 84, pp. 59 - 88,

Media | 2023

Tzouvala N; Bali A, 2023, Economic Sanctions: Where LPE Meets Third World Approaches to International Law,

Media | 2023

Tzouvala N; Kotova A, 2023, On force, territory, and independence: how (not) to narrow down a rule,

Media | 2023

Tzouvala N; Simon H, 2023, (Merging the) Fragments of Critical International Law,

Media | 2023

Tzouvala N, 2023, Legal Theory in the Lowercase,

Media | 2023

Tzouvala N, 2023, Successful Failures: Economic Sanctions, Humanitarianism, and the Undoing of Post-Colonial Sovereignty,

Media | 2023

Tzouvala N, 2023, The Alibis of History, or How (not) to Do Things with Inter-temporality,

Media | 2022

Tzouvala N, 2022, Symposium on Early Career International Law Academia: Between Expectations and Reality – What (Not) to Worry About When Entering the International Law Academic Job Market,

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