The Significance of Borders -- Structure -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I -- The Rise of Borders -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- The State -- 1.1. The Rise of the State -- 1.2. Averting Civil War -- 1.3. International Relations -- Chapter Two -- Sovereignty -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Internal Sovereignty -- 2.3. External Sovereignty -- Chapter Three -- The Nation -- 3.1. Membership -- 3.2. Imagined Territorial Communities -- 3.3. Welcoming Newcomers -- Conclusion -- Part II -- The Assault on Borders -- Introduction -- Chapter Four -- Supranational Courts -- 4.1. The International Criminal Court -- 4.2. The European Court of Human Rights -- 4.3. The International Court of Justice -- Chapter Five -- Supranational Organizations -- 5.1. The World Trade Organization -- 5.2. The Security Council -- 5.3. The European Union -- Chapter Six -- Multiculturalism -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Legal Plurality -- 6.3. Cultural Diversity -- Conclusion -- Part III -- The Need for Borders -- Chapter Seven -- Government -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Representation -- 7.3. Law -- Chapter Eight -- The Fallacies of Universalism -- 8.1. No More War -- 8.2. The Universal Society -- 8.3. The All-Inclusiveness of Loyalties -- Chapter Nine -- The Particularism of Citizenship -- 9.1. Loyalty -- 9.2. The Public Sphere -- 9.3. Without a 'We', It Won't Work -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.