Epilogue: The Birth of a New Canon in Latin American International Law

The epilogue closes with a brief, bold claim born of reflection on the rich chapters in this volume: there is a new canon of Latin American international law (LAIL) in our time. It is characterized by broader participation, greater pluralism in theory and scholarly methodology, emphasis on international human rights as an essential language of domestic law and politics, and, crucially, a turn inward, away from the United States and Europe. In this brief epilogue, Chehtman, Huneeus, and Puig delve into the two main regionalist projects of the past and show how the current era is different. They end by discussing the limits and fragility of the current LAIL project and a call for further study of the shifting LAIL landscape.