Episode 8: Carmen Pavel on International Law and Political Philosophy

Borderline Jurisprudence

Dr. Carmen Pavel (King's College London) joins us to talk about political philosophy of international law, global consitutionalism, the international rule of law, and her new book Law beyond the State: Dynamic Coordination, State Consent, and Binding International Law.

Publications referred to in the episode:

Carmen E. Pavel, Law beyond the State: Dynamic Coordination, State Consent, and Binding International Law (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021).

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill (London, 1651).

David Hume, A treatise of Human Nature; Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects; and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (London, 1898).

Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (London: Verso, 2021).

Jeremy Waldron, “Are Sovereigns Entitled to the Benefit of the International Rule of Law?” European Journal of International Law 22, no. 2 (2011): 315–43.

David Lefkowitz, Philosophy and International Law: A Critical Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Carmen Pavel, Divided Sovereignty: International Institutions and the Limits of State Authority (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).