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Carmen Pavel's book weaves together political philosophy, law, and international relations theory into an original and compelling case for a more vital vision of international law. She also offers a blueprint for a more legitimate and effective international legal order, one that transcends ideal theory. In so doing, her book represents a model of interdisciplinary scholarship, accessible to multiple audiences. -- Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan, and Director of the Donia Human Rights Center The longstanding expansion of international law's reach into the innermost recesses of state authority has generated a destabilizing yet predictable backlash. In Law beyond the State, Carmen Pavel meets this momentous challenge with a timely and provocative account of why international law is not only desirable but morally requisite. Pushing aside usual suspects such as Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, and Vattel, Pavel argues that David Hume's sophisticated theory of dynamic coordination gives us the key to designing a legitimate system of international law, on precisely the same philosophical grounds as domestic law. -- Turkuler Isiksel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

Carmen Pavel's book weaves together political philosophy, law, and international relations theory into an original and compelling case for a more vital vision of international law. She also offers a blueprint for a more legitimate and effective international legal order, one that transcends ideal theory. In so doing, her book represents a model of interdisciplinary scholarship, accessible to multiple audiences. -- Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan, and Director of the Donia Human Rights Center The longstanding expansion of international law's reach into the innermost recesses of state authority has generated a destabilizing yet predictable backlash. In Law beyond the State, Carmen Pavel meets this momentous challenge with a timely and provocative account of why international law is not only desirable but morally requisite. Pushing aside usual suspects such as Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, and Vattel, Pavel argues that David Hume's sophisticated theory of dynamic coordination gives us the key to designing a legitimate system of international law, on precisely the same philosophical grounds as domestic law. -- Turkuler Isiksel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

The longstanding expansion of international law's reach into the innermost recesses of state authority has generated a destabilizing yet predictable backlash. In Law beyond the State, Carmen Pavel meets this momentous challenge with a timely and provocative account of why international law is not only desirable but morally requisite. Pushing aside usual suspects such as Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, and Vattel, Pavel argues that David Hume's sophisticated theory of dynamic coordination gives us the key to designing a legitimate system of international law, on precisely the same philosophical grounds as domestic law. * Turkuler Isiksel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University * Carmen Pavel's book weaves together political philosophy, law, and international relations theory into an original and compelling case for a more vital vision of international law. She also offers a blueprint for a more legitimate and effective international legal order, one that transcends ideal theory. In so doing, her book represents a model of interdisciplinary scholarship, accessible to multiple audiences. * Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan, and Director of the Donia Human Rights Center *

"""Carmen Pavel's book weaves together political philosophy, law, and international relations theory into an original and compelling case for a more vital vision of international law. She also offers a blueprint for a more legitimate and effective international legal order, one that transcends ideal theory. In so doing, her book represents a model of interdisciplinary scholarship, accessible to multiple audiences."" -- Steven R. Ratner, Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan, and Director of the Donia Human Rights Center ""The longstanding expansion of international law's reach into the innermost recesses of state authority has generated a destabilizing yet predictable backlash. In Law beyond the State, Carmen Pavel meets this momentous challenge with a timely and provocative account of why international law is not only desirable but morally requisite. Pushing aside usual suspects such as Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, and Vattel, Pavel argues that David Hume's sophisticated theory of dynamic coordination gives us the key to designing a legitimate system of international law, on precisely the same philosophical grounds as domestic law."" -- Turkuler Isiksel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University"

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Carmen E. Pavel is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. She is the author of Divided Sovereignty: International Institutions and the Limits of State Sovereignty and, with David Schmidtz, is the co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Freedom.

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