Original Nation Approaches to "Inter-National" Law (ONAIL): Decoupling of the Nation and the State and the Search for New Legal Orders

Abstract

Much of the combat and conflict around the globe today involves struggles between the nation and the state. The state’s promotion of globalization and neoliberal policies has long resulted in the radical transformation of the nation’s homeland, propelled the forced eviction and displacement of already-marginalized nations and peoples, contaminated the natural environment, and destroyed much cultural and biological diversity.2 In areas of strong opposition and resistance by