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  • International Law and International Revolution - Re-conceiving the World (Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture; University of Hull Press; 1989; republished in The Health of Nations, see below)
  • Eunomia. New Order for a New World. (Oxford University Press; 1990 / 2001; Japanese trans.: Bokutakusha, 2007; Chinese trans.: China Law Press, 2013).
  • Allott, Carty et al., Theory and International Law - An Introduction (Institute of International and Comparative Law; 1991)
  • The Health of Nations. Society and Law beyond the State (Cambridge University Press, 2002; Creative Scholarship Award, American Society of International Law, 2003)
  • Towards the International Rule of Law. Essays in Integrated Constitutional Theory (Cameron May, 2005)
  • Invisible Power. A Philosophical Adventure Story (Xlibris, 2005)
  • Invisible Power 2. A Metaphysical Adventure Story (Xlibris, 2008)
  • Trinity Minds 1317-1945. An Intellectual Account of Trinity College Cambridge (2015)
  • Eutopia. New Philosophy and New Law for a Troubled World (2016/17)
  • 'Language, method and the nature of international law,' British Yearbook of International Law (1971), 79-135 - republished in M. Koskenniemi, ed., The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory - International Law (1992)
  • 'The International Court of Justice,' in International Disputes - the Legal Aspects (David Davies Memorial Institute; 1972)
  • 'Le Royaume-uni et le droit des communautés européennes,' XIX Annuaire français de droit international (1973), 35-101
  • 'The democratic basis of the European Communities,' 11 Common Market Law Review (1974), 298 - 326
  • 'The Common Market and the regulation of air transport,' 79 Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (1975), 310
  • 'Britain and Europe - a political analysis,' Journal of Common Market Studies (1975), 203-223
  • 'The courts and the executive - four House of Lords decisions,' 36 Cambridge Law Journal (1977), 255 - 283
  • 'Law of the sea - a systematic framework,' 1978 Iranian Review of International Law, 5
  • 'The EEC - A Pleasure Denied,' 100 Cambridge Review (1978), 34
  • 'Cambridge Autumn,' 101 Cambridge Review (1979)
  • 'The courts and Parliament - who whom?' 38 Cambridge Law Journal (1979), 79 - 117 - republished in M. Arnheim, ed., The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory - Common Law (1992).
  • 'Cape Carthage,' Cambridge Review (1980)
  • 'Power-sharing in the law of the sea,' 77 American Journal of International Law (1983), 1 - 30 - republished in Falk, Kratochwil, Mendlovitz, eds., International Law - A Contemporary Perspective (1985)
  • 'Adherence to and withdrawal from mixed (EC) agreements,' in O'Keefe and Schermers, eds., Mixed Agreements, 96 (1983)
  • 'Making the new international law - law of the sea as law of the future,' XL International Journal (of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs), 442 - 460 (1985)
  • 'Ayer on Wittgenstein,' 107 The Cambridge Review (1986), 17
  • 'Making sense of the law: lawyers and legal philosophy,' 108 The Cambridge Review (1987), 16, 65
  • 'State responsibility and the unmaking of international law,' 29 Harvard International Law Journal (1988), 1 - 26
  • 'Parliamentary sovereignty - from Austin to Hart,' (supremacy of EC law), 49 Cambridge Law Journal (1990), 377
  • 'New international law,' in Allott, Carty et al., Theory and International Law - an Introduction (1991)
  • 'A Friend in Greed,' Evening News Collection (1991)
  • 'The European Community is not the true European Community,' in 100 Yale Law Journal (1991), 2485-2500
  • 'The theory of the British constitution,' in Harrison and Gross, eds., Jurisprudence. Cambridge Essays (1992), 173 - 205
  • 'Reconstituting humanity - new international law,' 2 European Journal of International Law (1992), 219 - 256
  • 'The EC at the pain-barrier: the significance of the Maastricht Treaty' : evidence submitted at the request of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, published in their report of 4 March 1992
  • 'Accession of the European Communities to the European Human Rights Convention' evidence submitted at the request of the House of Lords Committee on the European Communities; published in their report of 23 June 1992
  • 'Britain and the European Community - an historic error and a historic challenge' (evidence submitted at the request of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee; published in their report of 4 November 1992)
  • 'The European Community and fundamental rights'' (evidence submitted at the request of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament; May 1993)
  • 'The inter-governmental pillars of the European Union,'(evidence submitted at the request of the House of Lords Committee on the European Communities; published in their report of 2 November 1993)
  • 'Mare nostrum - a new international law of the sea,' 86 American Journal of International Law (1992), 764 - 787 - republished in: Van Dyke, ed., Freedom for the Seas in the 21st Century. Ocean Governance and Environmental Harmony (1993)
  • 'The nation as mind politic,' 24 Journal of International Law and Politics (New York University)(1992), 1361-1398
  • 'Self-determination - absolute right or social poetry?' in C. Tomuschat, ed., Modern Law of Self-Determination, 177 - 210
  • 'Philosophy and global social development.' Paper presented to the UNDP Roundtable on Global Change, Stockholm, July 1994 - republished in eds. U. Kirdar & L. Silk, People: From Impoverishment to Empowerment (New York University Press, New York; 1995)
  • 'Who is to blame?' Remembrance Day address, Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge (November, 1994)
  • 'The International Court and the voice of justice,' in A. V. Lowe and M. Fitzmaurice, eds., The International Court of Justice - the First Fifty Years (1995), 17-39
  • 'The future of the human past,' in K. Booth, ed., Statecraft and Security. The Cold War and Beyond (1998), 323-37
  • 'Kant or Won't: Theory and Moral Responsibility.' Plenary Lecture at 20th Annual Meeting of the British International Studies Association (December, 1995) - revised version in 23 Review of International Studies (1997), 339-357
  • 'Greater Europe and human society.' Discussion paper, Conference on the Transatlantic Partnership; (College of Europe, Bruges; March 1996)
  • 'The crisis of European constitutionalism: reflections on the revolution in Europe,' 34 Common Market Law Review (1997), 439-490
  • 'Urbanization and alienation.' Discussion paper for UNDP Roundtable on Cities for People in a Globalizing World (Habitat II) (Marmaris, Turkey, April 1996) - republished as: 'The price of civilization and the dilemma of urbanization,' in ed. U. Kirdar, Cities Fit for People (New York, United Nations; 1997), 189-197
  • 'The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU: the After-Life of an Illusion,' in M. Koskenniemi, ed., International Law Aspects of the European Union (M.Nijhoff, 1998), 215-30
  • 'Out of the looking-glass,' 24 Review of International Studies (1998), pp. 573-6, in reply to C. Prager, "Allott in Wonderland", same journal, 563-72
  • 'The true function of law in the international community,' 98 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (1998), 391-413
  • 'Europe: un avenir à écrire,' Ouest-France, 23 March 1999
  • 'The concept of international law,' 2 European Journal of International Law (1999), 31-50
  • 'International law and the idea of history,' 1 Journal of the History of International Law (1999), 1 - 21
  • 'International law and the international Hofmafia: towards a sociology of diplomacy,' in W. Benedek et al., Development and Developing International and European Law (1999), 3 - 19
  • Review of Richard Falk, Law in an Emerging Global Village, in 93 American Journal of International Law (1999), 733-35
  • 'Libranos del mal social,' in 1999 Revista de Occidente (special Pinochet section), 19-28
  • 'Kosovo and the responsibility of power,' in 13 Leiden Journal of International Law (2000), 83-89
  • 'The concept of European Union,' in 2 Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies (2000), 31-59
  • 'Preliminary rulings - another infant disease,' 25 European Law Review (2000), 538-547
  • 'Governmental corruption is a philosophical problem,' House of Commons, International Development Committee, Fourth Report (Corruption), March 2001, Vol. II, 293
  • 'Globalization from above. Actualising the ideal through law,' in 26 Review of International Studies (2000), 61-79
  • 'The emerging universal legal system,' 3 International Law Forum (Journal of the International Law Association) (2001), 12-17
  • 'EC directives and misfeasance in public office,' [2001] Cambridge Law Journal, 4-10
  • 'Integration von Verfassungen, nicht von Staaten,' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 May 2001, 13
  • 'Behind voter apathy, a silent revolution,' International Herald Tribune, 6 June 2001, 9
  • 'Intergovernmental societies and the idea of constitutionalism,' in V. Heiskanen & J-M Coicaud, The Legitimacy of International Organisations (Tokyo, UN University Press; 2001)
  • 'Law and the re-making of humanity,' in P. Gifford & N. Dorsen, eds., Democracy and the Rule of Law (CQ Publications, 2001) 19-31 (Library of Congress Bicentenary Celebration)
  • 'The conversation that we are. The seven lamps of European unity,' in H.Cavanna, ed., Governance, Globalization and the European Union (Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2002), 213-232
  • 'European governance and the re-branding of democracy,' 27 European Law Review (2002), 60-71
  • 'The giant and the pygmies - a fable for our times,' International Herald Tribune, 2-3 March 2002
  • 'The emerging international aristocracy,' in 35 Journal of International Law and Politics (2003), 309-338
  • 'Europe and the dream of reason,' in J. Weiler & M. Wind, eds., European Constitutionalism Beyond the State (Cambridge University Press; 2003), 202-225
  • 'International law and the American mind', Plenary address, 97th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (2003); text in Proceedings of the 97th Meeting
  • 'War, law and the psychopathology of human societies,' in C. Warbrick & D. Kritsiotis, eds., Beyond the Kosovo Crisis: Fundamental Questions and Enquiries in International Law (Oxford University Press; 2004)
  • 'The globalisation of philosophy and the philosophy of globalisation,' in R. Macdonald and D Johnston, Towards World Constitutionalism (2005)
  • 'The globalization of philosophy and the philosophy of globalization: seven theses' [PDF], in Review Essay Symposium: Thinking another world - an event to mark the retirement of Philip Allott', 16 European Journal of International law (2005)
  • 'The international lawyer in government service: ontology and deontology,' 23 Wisconsin International Law Journal; (2005), 13-23
  • 'Law and war: A sinister partnership' Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law) Vol. 99 (2005), 203-207.
  • 'The opening of the human mind. [PDF] Ouvrir l'esprit humain', in European Journal of Legal Studies 2007 (bilingual online journal; European University Institute)
  • 'International society and the idea of justice' [PDF], address to Plenary Session XIII of the Pontifical Academy of Social Science, Vatican, May 2007 (published in Proceedings of the Plenary Session)
  • 'The emerging universal legal system', in J. Nijman and A Nollkaemper, New Perspectives on the Divide between National and International Law (2007)
  • 'Five steps to a new world order' [PDF], 42 Valparaiso University Law Review (2007), 99-118
  • 'The revolutionary potentiality of Catholic Christianity,' address to Cambridge University Catholic Graduate Society, November 2009
  • 'Vattel and the Enlightenment', in Y. Sandoz, ed., Emer de Vattel's "Law of Nations", Bruylant, 2010
  • [Review essay on three books on the philosophy of international law[EXT Link], in 80 British Yearbook of International Law (2010)
  • 'The Human Condition and the Role of Law', Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (10th Anniversary of the Faculty's Human Rights Programme, March 2010)
  • 'European Union Bill', submission at the request of the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee (16 November 2010) (published in their Report)
  • 'The constitutional implications of the European Union Bill'[EXT link], address to All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Constitution (1 March 2011), text on website of The Constitution Society.
  • 'On first understanding Plato's Republic' [PDF], in 2011 European Journal of International Law (No. 4).
  • 'Trinity Minds',[PDF] in Trinity - A Portrait (Third Millennium Publishing; 2011)
  • Invisible Power 3 - A Human Adventure Story (forthcoming)
  • 'The Socialising of the Human Species' [PDF], Graduate Students Association of the University of Ottawa, 15th Interdisciplinary Conference (March 2012)
  • 'Le pouvoir invisible. Histoire d'un autre avenir' (forthcoming)
  • A Future for Human Rights? [PDF] (Venice Academy of Human Rights, July 2012)
  • 'Law and Social Evolution. Post-evolutionary Human Involution.' [PDF] (ASIL-ESIL Workshop: Transatlantic Debates in Legal Theory: Cambridge, 20-21 September 2012)
  • 'Law and the Challenge of the Transcendental. Re-thinking the Order of all Order.' (corrected version) [PDF] Harvard Law School, Institute for Global Law and Policy Workshop, Doha, Qatar, 4-14 January 2013.
  • Conversations with Professor PJ Allott [Audio] Squire Law Library, Cambridge. Eminent Scholars Archive: interviews (2011; on-line from Feb. 2013). [Accessed 26 February 2013]
  • 'The True Nature of International Law': Lauterpacht Centre, Cambridge, 8 March 2013.
  • ‘The Light that Failed: The Future of Human History’, in The Roots of International Law / Les fondements du droit international (eds., P-M Dupuy & V. Chetail; 2013), 405–436.
  • 'Deliver us from social evil.'[PDF], English version of an article published in a special Pinochet number of Revista de Occidente, Oct. 1999 (No. 221), pp. 19-28.
  • Review of Theology for International Law by Esther D. Reed, The Tablet, 14 November 2013.
  • ‘Interpretation – an exact art’, in Interpretation in International Law (eds., A. Bianchi, D. Pear & M. Windsor) (2015), 373-392.
  • ‘Britain and Europe. Managing revolution’, in British Contributions to International Law 1915-2015 (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) (2016), 56-75.
  •  ‘Europe and the idea of the transcendental. Human rights and other imagined entities.’ Paper for a conference on The Crisis of Eurocentrism and the Future of European Humanism (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano; April 2016).
  • 'Forget the politics – Brexit may be unlawful', The Guardian, 30 June 2016.
  • 'Fundamental Legal Aspects of UK Withdrawal from the EU: Eight Stages on the Way to a New Relationship', UK Constitutional Law Association, 9 November 2016.
  • 'How to make a better world. Human power and human weakness.' FICHL Policy Brief Series (October 2016).
  • ‘The light that failed. The future of human history’, in The Roots of International Law (eds., P.-M. Dupuy & V. Chetail) (2013), 405-436.
  • ‘Britain and Europe. Managing Revolution.’ in British Contributions to International Law 1915-2015 (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) (2016), 56-75.
  • ‘Europe and the idea of the transcendental. Human rights and other imagined entities.’ 10 Annali di scienze religiose (2017), 51-71.
  • 'Beyond War and Diplomacy. A Giant Step for Mankind', 60 German Yearbook of International Law (2018), 269-312.
  • New Order for Yet Another New World: Philosophy in a Time of Global Existential Crisis’, in Globalisation and Governance.  International Problems, European Solutions (ed., R. Schütze) (2018), 102-128
  • The Rule of Law’, in Fundamental Concepts for International Law. Contributions to Disciplinary Thought (eds., J. d’Aspremont & S. Singh) (2019), 804-14.
  • ‘An ideal world like our world, but completely different’, in ILO100 – Law for Social Justice (Centenary of the ILO) (2019), 29-33.
  • ‘Law and the European Mind’, Revue Droit et Littérature (No. 4) (2020).

December 2019