A Bolton law lecturer was hosted by a prestigious New York law association to celebrate the launch of his new book.

University of Bolton lecturer in law Dr George Forji Amin’s new book International Law and the History of Resource Extraction in Africa: Capital Accumulation and Underdevelopment, 1450-1918 was celebrated by a symposium hosted by The New York City Bar Association.

Academics at the Deane Road university say that the book will be of interest to researchers and students across law, history, economics, international relations, and African studies.

A University of Bolton spokesperson said: “It makes the argument that the doctrines of trade and property rights sanctioned by international law led to a trend of African dispossession that set the continent on a path to underdevelopment, with long-reaching consequences.”

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The New York City Bar Association, which hosted the online session, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students, founded in 1870 and one of the oldest and largest bar associations in the world, with more than 23,000 members.

According to the University of Bolton, the organisation is dedicated to improving the administration of justice and promoting the study of law.

Copies of Dr Amin’s new book are now available online.