Articles by Jeremy A. Rabkin
A More Dangerous World
Why Crimea matters.
Goodbye to All That
Constitutionalism stands for boundaries—above all, a boundary between what may be popular at any one moment and a considered judgment about what is lawful.
Aliens and Citizens
These recent books tell us something about our current challenges, though they’re not even thoughtful.
Curtailing the Court
If judges acknowledged the political background of much constitutional debate, they would act with more restraint.
Big Tent Originalism
Originalism is the most meaningful approach to constitutional interpretation.
Liberty or Death
Believers of limited government should take heart.
This Means War
A review of Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare, by John Yoo
A Broadside for Liberty
A Broadside for Liberty
Equal Justice
A review of Equality Under the Constitution—Reclaiming the 14th Amendment, by Judith A. Baer
A CRB Discussion of Crimea and International Law
Taking Globalism Seriously Or Not
A review of Governing the World: The History of an Idea, by Mark Mazower
The Spirit of the Law
A review of America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By, by Akhil Reed Amar
A CRB discussion of Saving the Constitution
The Limits of Justice
A review of The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law, by Kevin Jon Heller and The International Criminal Court: Europe's Guantanamo Bay? by David Hoile.
So Sorry
A review of The Sins of the Nation and the Ritual of Apologies, by Danielle Celermajer.
UNserious
Reviewing the intellectual history of international institutions.
Leafing Through Old Books
How do we know Barack Obama hasn't secretly been reading Pufendorf?
Forging a Nation
The Civil War and the way that America has come to see itself.
Books in Brief
Continental Drift
Why Europe is not a union.
The Lesser Evil is Not Good Enough
A review of The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror, by Michael Ignatieff
No Miracle In San Francisco
Examining the creation of the United Nations and its future usefulness.
In the Looking Glass
O'Connor offers her reflections on the law.
