Visual international law tells stories. Image and art supporting imperialism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries also projected the authority and universalism of international law. This article argues that depictions of treaty-making, of international legal theorists, and of conferences were about painting European international law as ‘successful’—telling stories of an authoritative, universal, and virtue-laden mode of international regulation.

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将国际法描绘成普遍的：帝国主义与图像和艺术的融合

视觉国际法讲故事。在18世纪和19世纪，支持帝国主义的图像和艺术也投射了国际法的权威和普遍性。本文认为，对条约制定，国际法理论家和会议的描述是关于将欧洲国际法描绘为“成功的”，即讲述一种权威，普遍和充满美德的国际监管模式的故事。