Peoples, Inhabitants and Workers: Colonialism in the Treaty of Rome
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Peoples, Inhabitants and Workers : Colonialism in the Treaty of Rome. / Eklund, Hanna.
In: European Journal of International Law, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2023, p. 831–854.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Peoples, Inhabitants and Workers
T2 - Colonialism in the Treaty of Rome
AU - Eklund, Hanna
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - In 1957, when the Treaty of Rome was signed, founding the European Economic Community (EEC), which later became the European Union (EU), four out of six of the original member states were colonial powers. This article uses archival material from the Treaty of Rome negotiations to interrogate ways in which the colonial politics of the time shaped the drafting of legal categories describing individuals: those of peoples, inhabitants and workers. As the Treaty of Rome ‘associated’ colonized territories to the EEC, this article shows how the treaty simultaneously arranged its legal categories to exclude individuals who lived in colonized territories from legal benefits and representation. This article situates the EU as an example of a post-World War II international organization, with its founding legal texts shaped by colonialism.
AB - In 1957, when the Treaty of Rome was signed, founding the European Economic Community (EEC), which later became the European Union (EU), four out of six of the original member states were colonial powers. This article uses archival material from the Treaty of Rome negotiations to interrogate ways in which the colonial politics of the time shaped the drafting of legal categories describing individuals: those of peoples, inhabitants and workers. As the Treaty of Rome ‘associated’ colonized territories to the EEC, this article shows how the treaty simultaneously arranged its legal categories to exclude individuals who lived in colonized territories from legal benefits and representation. This article situates the EU as an example of a post-World War II international organization, with its founding legal texts shaped by colonialism.
U2 - 10.1093/ejil/chad060
DO - 10.1093/ejil/chad060
M3 - Journal article
VL - 34
SP - 831
EP - 854
JO - European Journal of International Law
JF - European Journal of International Law
SN - 0938-5428
IS - 4
ER -
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