Book contents
- Democracies and International Law
- Recent books in the Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture Series
- Democracies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Frontispiece
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Why Would Democracies Be Different?
- 2 Are Democracies Different?
- 3 Can International Law Save Democracy?
- 4 Regions and the Defense of Democracy
- 5 Authoritarian International Law
- 6 Whence the Liberal Order?
- Conclusion
- Index
Conclusion
What Is to Be Done?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2021
- Democracies and International Law
- Recent books in the Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture Series
- Democracies and International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Frontispiece
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Why Would Democracies Be Different?
- 2 Are Democracies Different?
- 3 Can International Law Save Democracy?
- 4 Regions and the Defense of Democracy
- 5 Authoritarian International Law
- 6 Whence the Liberal Order?
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides some concrete suggestions for how democracies should proceed in the so-called post-liberal era. The future of prodemocratic international law will depend on democracies leveraging collateral areas of international law to advance liberalism. This involves an essentially defensive liberalism.
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- Democracies and International Law , pp. 288 - 306Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021