Contingency in International Law. On the Possibility of Different Legal Histories
New book by Ingo Venzke & Kevin Jon Heller
6 July 2021
Many ACIL members actively contributed to the vibrant 2018 ACIL conference on how international law could have been otherwise. Building on those exchanges, Ingo Venzke and Kevin Jon Heller have now published “Contingency in International Law. On the Possibility of Different Legal Histories” (OUP 2021).
The volume has just been subject to a joint symposium organised by Opinion Juris and Völkerrechtsblog, evoking memories of a similarly lively discussion on-site in 2018.
"Could international law have turned out differently? What were contingent crossings at which international law could have taken different avenues? And why might it be worth thinking counter-factually?"