Sustainable Development, International Law and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies

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African legal cosmologies offer a valuable framework for reconceptualizing the principles of sustainable development within international law. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Mathilde Cohen

doi:10.1080/20414005.2026.2724470

August 26, 2026Transnational Legal Theory

Sustainable Development, International Law and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies

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The work aims to re-examine the concept of sustainable development within international law through the lens of African legal cosmologies.
Jurisprudential and theoretical analysis of prevailing international environmental law frameworks.
Exploration and integration of indigenous African cosmological principles into modern legal discourses on sustainability.
Critiques conventional, Western-centric definitions of sustainable development for failing to encapsulate diverse relational worldviews.
Demonstrates that African legal cosmologies offer relational, communal, and ecological perspectives that can substantially enrich international environmental governance.

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Legal analysis uncovers alternative frameworks for sustainable development in international law, highlighting paradigms rooted in African legal cosmologies.

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What do we talk about when we talk about sustainable development?In Sustainable Development, International Law, and a Turn to African Legal Cosmologies, Godwin Eli Kwadzo Dzah invites readers to re...

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