The Anatomy of Legal Change
By Ezgi Yildiz – How can we study legal change globally? A focus on the depth and pace of change could reveal important patterns.
The Entanglement of Global Legal Order
By Francesco Corradini & Lucy Lu Reimers – New tools are required to understand the complex normative interactions through which the global legal order is being constructed.
Why Synchronise National Electoral Cycles?
By Grégoire Mallard –
With voters increasingly dissatisfied with their political leaders and institutions, it’s time to re-think national elections.
State or Market: Who governs the use of legitimate force?
By Velibor Jakovleski – The State Monopoly on the Legitimate use of Force (SMLF) implies that states alone have the right to use, or authorize the use of, force. Examples of the responsibilization of the market suggest this is only an ideal type.
God, the UN, and the myths of global governance
By Velibor Jakovleski – Are international organizations simply a way to atone for human suffering, or is their symbolic role crucial for global governance?
Does humanitarian elitism jeopardize its noble objectives?
By Clarissa Brack Burdeu – Humanitarian action succeeds in ‘an ecosystem where we work together to help others’ as Prof. Michael Barnett noted in the introduction of his presentation.
How the World Intellectual Property Organization has changed, and why that matters?
While WIPO is unique in its governance structure and financing model, the organisation is not unique to the calls for reform that affect other international organisations.
