Theorizing (International) Law

Theorizing (International) Law, in particular in relation to critical and heterodox approaches to the field and in this context have, together with Anne Orford, co-edited the Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law. More recently, I have, in the context of a Brazilian-Swiss research project (Infrastructuring Democracy: The Regulatory Politics of Digital Code, Content and Circulation co-coordinated with Anna Leander (IHEID)) begun to explore the interface between internet regulatory practices and democratic process – both in terms of some (legal-)theoretical aspects (notably the bearing of new materialist and systems theoretical approaches on internet regulation) and in terms of the empirical scenario in Brazil (in particular the interaction between content moderation by social networks (META), regulatory frameworks, and court (decision) practices).

Here is a list of (some) current engagements and/or projects, as well as  recent publications associated with the theme and its sub-themes:

• Engagements & Projects

  • Frontiers of the International/Fronteiras do Internacional, Collaborative Research Framework, Co-Organizer, 2018-

    ‘Infrastructuring Democracy: The Regulatory Politics of Digital Code, Content and Circulation’, Brazil-Swiss Research Grant (CnPq/SNFS), Principal Investigator (with Anna Leander), 2020-

• Recent Publications and ´In Pipeline´

  • ‘Discourse’ in Jean d’Aspremont and Sahib Singh, Concepts for International Law – Contributions to Disciplinary Thought (Edward Elgar Publishing 2019) 201-221

  • ‘Counter-disciplining the Dual Agenda: towards a (re-)assessment of the interdisciplinary study of International Law and International Relations’ (with Roberto Vilches Yamato) Revista Brasileira de Relações Internacionais 61 (2018)

  • Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann (eds.) Oxford Handbook on the Theory of International Law (Oxford University Press 2016)

    • ‘Introduction: Theorizing International Law’ (with Anne Orford), in Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann, Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (Oxford University Press 2016) 1-20

    • ‘International Legalism and International Politics’ in Anne Orford and Florian Hoffmann, Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law (Oxford University Press 2016) 954-984

  • ‘Gentle Civilizer Decayed? Moving (Beyond) International Law‘ Modern Law Review 72 (2009) 1016-1034

  • ‘Teaching General Public International Law’ in Jörg Kammerhofer and Jean d’Aspremont (eds.), International Legal Positivism in a PostModern World  (Cambridge University Press 2014) 349-377

  • ‘Facing the Abyss: International Law Before the Political’ in Marco Goldoni and Chris McCorkindale (eds.), Hannah Arendt and the Law (Hart Publishing 2012) 200-220