Works in progress
New books out soon…
Accession, Agreement, and Acceptance in International Law: Adversarialism and Consent After Bandung
(Routledge 2026)
International Legal Personhood and Artificial Intelligence: An Ethics of Ownership
(Ethics Press 2027)
Invisible Economies and Mineral Washing in Transnational Value Chains
Most recent work building on the Medellín Group Manifesto published in the London Review of International Law, open access, here. Keep an eye out for several conferences special issues over the next several years.
Private and Public Refractions: Global Value Chains and ‘Boundaries’ in International Law
The project focuses in part on the concept of ‘obligations’ under law in the context of private influence over public international law, assumed definitions of ‘value’, and the conceptual boundaries of law in global supply chains. See our 2025 Medellín Group Manifesto published in the London Review of International Law, open access, here.
Bowring’s Legacies
An inquiry into the present implications of the 1855 Bowring Treaty between Great Britain and present-day Thailand, particularly its provisions on extraterritoriality and taxation.
Opium’s Christians
A new book taking shape based on the same research, focusing specifically on the Chinese Triads in the Strait of Malacca and Thailand, and have Christianity granted ‘subject of the Crown’ status to certain members, which granted access to British Colonial law in furtherance of the Opium Trade.