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Abila Keynote Address: Beyond International Law? A Dangerous Time, Gregory Shaffer
Abila Keynote Address: Beyond International Law? A Dangerous Time, Gregory Shaffer
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In this keynote address for the 2023 International Law Weekend conference of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA), I first address the dangers of the conference theme “beyond international law” at a time when challenges to international law and institutions increase and aim to constrain international law’s normative force. We have been here before. The world today recalls that of the interwar period, a time of growing economic insecurity and inequality that helped to catalyze the rise of authoritarian movements. During that period, Carl Schmitt was a leading legal theorist who eventually became a member of the …