Episode 15: Başak Çalı on Authority, Interpretivism, and Human Rights

Borderline Jurisprudence

Professor Başak Çalı (Hertie School) joins us to talk about the authority of international law, Ronald Dworkin's interpretivism, and human rights.

Publications referred to in the episode:

1. Çalı, Başak. The Authority of International Law: Obedience, Respect, and Rebuttal. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
2. Çalı, Başak. ‘On Interpretivism and International Law’, European Journal of International Law 20, No. 3 (2009): 805–822.
3. Dworkin, Ronald. ‘A New Philosophy for International Law’. Philosophy & Public Affairs 41, no. 1 (2013): 2–30 (posthumous).
4. Gorobets, Kostiantyn. ‘Solidarity as a Practical Reason: Grounding the Authority of International Law’. Netherlands International Law Review 69, no. 1 (2022): 3–27.

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