Research Overview

Much of my current research focuses on normative questions about international law, which I think of as the intersection between political philosophy, normative economics, and jurisprudence. I am currently working on a book project, generously supported in part by the Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada and a number of other grants, which explores what secures the legitimacy of international law. The monograph proceeds in 3 parts. The first part sets out a sovereignty-based theory of legitimacy I call 'Kantian Republicanism'; the second part looks at what this theory says for de jure pacis or laws of peace as they show up in various domaints of international law (e.g., trade law, debt and liability, humanitarian law); the third part looks at what it says for de jure belli or the laws of war (namely, grounds for war, the limits of conduct, and post-war restoration). Please contact me for the table of contents or drafts of each chapter.