Dr. Carmen Pavel (King's College London) joins us to talk about political philosophy of international law, global consitutionalism, the international rule of law, and her new book Law beyond the State: Dynamic Coordination, State Consent, and Binding International Law. Publications referred to in the episode: Carmen E. Pavel, Law beyond the State: Dynamic Coordination, State Consent, and Binding International Law (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021). Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill (London, 1651). David Hume, A treatise of Human Nature; Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects; and Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (London, 1898). Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (London: Verso, 2021). Jeremy Waldron, “Are Sovereigns Entitled to the Benefit of the International Rule of Law?” European Journal of International Law 22, no. 2 (2011): 315–43. David Lefkowitz, Philosophy and International Law: A Critical Introduction (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020). Carmen Pavel, Divided Sovereignty: International Institutions and the Limits of State Authority (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).