Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Experiencing tipping points in international law John D. Haskell; 2. The literary performances of the tipping point Jean d'Aspremont; 3. Authoritarianism Frank Pasquale; 4. China Larry Catá Backer; 5. Democracy Lua Kamal Yuille; 6. Development Jamee Moudud; 7. Digital Rohan Grey; 8. Environment Usha Natarajan and Kishan Khoday; 9. Health Sara De Vido; 10. Human Rights David Scott; 11. Labour Raúl Carrillo; 12. Liberation Alberto Rinaldi; 13. Multilateralism Christine Schwöbel-Patel; 14. Race Adrien Wing; 15. Religion Mark Janis; 16. Rule of Law Justin Desautels-Stein; 17. Russia Boris Mamlyuk; 18. Systems David Gerber; 19. Territory Ralf Michaels; 20. United Nations Martin Wählisch; 21. Universalism Mortimer Sellers; Index.

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About the Author

Jean d'Aspremont is Professor of International Law at Sciences Po School of Law. He also holds a chair of Public International Law at the University of Manchester, where he founded the Manchester International Law Centre (MILC). He is a series editor of the Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law and Director of Oxford International Organizations (OXIO). John Haskell is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester Law School, serving as co-director of the Law and Technology Initiative and the Manchester International Law Centre. He is a junior faculty member of the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School and a board member of the Association for the Promotion of Political Economy and Law.