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The Significance of Borders: Why Representative Government and the Rule of Law Require Nation States
Author(s): Thierry Baudet (Author)
- Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
- Publication Date: May 25, 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 292 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004228136
- ISBN-13: 9789004228139
Book Description
For almost three-quarters of a century, the countries of Western Europe have abandoned national sovereignty as an ideal. Nation states are being dismantled: by supranationalism from above, by multiculturalism from below. This book explains why supranationalism and multiculturalism are in fact irreconcilable with representative government and the rule of law. It challenges one of the most central beliefs in contemporary legal and political philosophy, which is that borders are bound to disappear.
Editorial Reviews
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“A very serious work. It tackles a large and important subject with a calm and serious argument. The author develops his views with an unusual degree of energy and persistence.” – Jeremy A. Rabkin
“A lucid and important book” –
Theodore Dalrymple“About the Author
Thierry Baudet (1983) LL.M., studied Law and History at the University of Amsterdam, and received his PhD from Leiden University. He is a teacher at Leiden Law School, and has published two edited volumes on political philosophy. He is also a columnist for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.
