Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Law without the state
parts of this might be salvageable. The section on "History and origins in Europe" is pretty decent, talking about the decentralized nature of law in Europe prior to the development of the modern nation-state. On the other hand, the section beginning with "The internal and the external point of view" and going through "Paradigms in law" seems to be chock full of OR, and not written in an encyclopedic manner.  Phrasing section headings as questions seems especially egregious to me. The modern examples the author chooses (international arbitration and EBay) don't necessarily seem like good examples of what the piece is arguing - but that right there indicates this is not a suitable WP article as an encyclopedia article shouldn't ''be'' arguing anything.  The piece seems well researched, with good sources, but ultimately it's |not an encyclopedia article.  Moreover, I'm not convinced that "Law without the state" is the best title for an encyclopedic article about extra-governmental norms.  There is such a thing as the Stateless law theory, which might be what this article is trying to be.  I'm torn between wanting to have this deleted as it is not an appropriate article, and wanting this kept as there is some good material here for an article on stateless law theory.  If I thought I or someone else would get around to completely rewriting it I'd !vote to move it to draft space, but the fact of the matter is that it needs a complete re-write and I don't feel like tackling that.  So I guess, '''reluctant delete
— User:ONUnicorn, 21:05, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:NOT (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)