Introduction to the Symposium on Authoritarian International Law: Is Authoritarian International Law Inevitable?
Journal: AJIL Unbound
Year: 2020

powerful article "Authoritarian International Law" warns that as democracy declines within countries, the character of interstate relations changes as well. 1 Ginsburg's theoretical claims are supported by careful quantitative analyses and qualitative case studies, making this article a model for international law scholarship. 2 Ginsburg shows that authoritarian states participate in far fewer international institutions, treaties, and formal dispute resolution mechanisms than do democratic ones.