nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3da62e49fd302f1a DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260904s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3da62e49fd302f1a doi eng 342 23 Hakimi, Monica Author aut Thinking Constructively Together - A Reply Hakimi, Monica Verfassungsblog 2026-09-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Thank you to Kostia Gorobets and Andrea Carcano for convening this symposium and to all the contributors, who so thoughtfully responded to my piece. Though I cannot do justice in this reply to all the excellent points they raise, I want to draw on a few threads. The sovereigntist theory is bad because it is confused. It defines too narrowly and ultimately misrepresents what international law (in practice) is, what international law (in practice) does, and why international law (as a practice) can be worthwhile. CC BY-SA 4.0 International Law sovereigntist theory Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/thinking-constructively-together/ raw object