Author profile: Dennis R. Schmidt

Dennis R. Schmidt is a doctoral candidate at the School of Government and International Affairs at the University of Durham, and a visiting scholar at the Institute for Global and International Studies at George Washington University. His research revolves around the intersection of law, ethics and politics at the global level and addresses questions of international order and global governance. He recently received the ISA’s International Law Section’s Best Paper Award for his article on the concept of normative hierarchy in international relations.

The International Community: Conceptual Insights from Law and Sociology

Dennis R. Schmidt • Nov 27 2015 • Articles

While talk would suggest that there exists some kind of unitary and durable actor called ‘international community’, it is far from clear who or what it represents.

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