Abstract
Announced from the outset by its authors, the volume under review aims to “bring a retrospective outlook on the legal internationalist doctrines which existed during the period of real communism in Europe since 1917 that are connected to Marxism.” (at 19) and to explore “the nature of the internationalist doctrines, the relationship between internationalists and the regimes in place, with real communism in the East, their utopia and their illusions, their capacity of criticism and demystification of the existing law and international relationships, but also their silences and connivances towards imperialist policies, wars of aggression and atrocious crimes committed by the powers in place during … real communism in Europe” (at 19). The approach of the editors is an invitation for debate on how Western and Eastern Europe have positioned themselves not only with respect to the international law, but also intellectual-wise, to the question of internationalist doctrines derived from Marxism and communism.