Paul B. Stephan of UVA School of Law has authored The World Crisis and International Law, The Knowledge Economy and the Battle for the Future, a book discussing challenges in international law and the economy.
From the book’s description:
The knowledge economy, a seeming wonder for the world, has caused unintended harms that threaten peace and prosperity and undo international cooperation and the international rule of law. The world faces threats of war, pandemics, growing domestic political discord, climate change, disruption of international trade and investment, immigration, and the pollution of cyberspace, just as international law increasingly falls short as a tool for managing these challenges. Prosperity dependent on meritocracy, open borders, international economic freedom, and a wide-open Internet has met its limits, with international law one of the first casualties. Any effective response to these threats must reflect the pathway by which these perils arrive. Part of the answer to these challenges, Paul B. Stephan argues, must include a re-conception of international law as arising out of pragmatic and limited experiments by states, rather than as grand projects to remake and redeem the world.
Explains the influence of the knowledge economy on global politics and international law
Charts the rise and fall of liberal internationalism from the 1990s to the twenty-first century
Aimed at scholars and practitioners of international law, international relations, and economics
Stephan is an expert on international business, international dispute resolution and comparative law, with an emphasis on Soviet and post-Soviet legal systems. He served as the Coordinating Reporter for Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States and Reporter for the Jurisdiction Section of the Restatement. He has been featured on several podcasts, including The Lawfare Podcast, Borderlines, and Keen On to discuss his book.