@techreport{McLachlan2020,
  type      = {Working Paper},
  author    = {McLachlan, Campbell A},
  title     = {Populism, the Pandemic \& Prospects for International Law},
  series = {KFG Working Paper Series},
  journal   = {KFG Working Paper Series},
  number    = {45},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-48347},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-483479},
  pages     = {31},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Populism has fatally weakened the world's ability to respond to COVID-19, by undermining the capacity of the structures and mechanisms of international law to address the pandemic. The pandemic has exposed as a fallacy a key tenet of populism - to protect the 'people' of a nation from external forces, including international law. In fact international law, through the principle of self-determination, enshrines the ability of peoples to determine their own political organization. But this does not preclude agreement at the international level on matters of common interest to humanity as a whole that require community action. The prevention of infectious disease is just such a case, which states have long agreed could not remain solely the preserve of national polities, but requires a common international response. This paper, placing the current crisis in light of the development of international health law, critically examines the response of key populist governments to COVID-19 in order to address the larger issue of the implications of populism for the fate of international law.},
  language  = {en}
}