"An extraordinary new book....Tackling an immensely important subject, Herzog writes with a mordant wit that makes its pages fly by. He has a flair for telling quotations that illustrate exactly what is at stake."--Sanford Levinson, Balkinization

"Don Herzog obliterates the 'classic theory of sovereignty'--the view that 'every political community must have a locus of authority that is unlimited, undivided, and unaccountable to any higher authority.' And he does so in a thoroughly enjoyable way, with deep learning worn lightly and conveyed with enormous wit. Never has a serious book of political theory been so much fun to read."--Jack Goldsmith, EJIL: Talk!-Blog of the European Journal of International Law

"Herzog's book is a hair-raiser of a read, especially in light of the last four years of headlines.... Despite all the blood, as Herzog narrates in his wonderfully but grimly memorable way, the affection for sovereignty theory and practice has retained believers.... Since brain-teasers are worthwhile, and the book is a great read, providing little primers on history and bloodshed along with plenty of pedagogical oomph, it is a gift to readers."--Mae Kuykendall, jotwell.com

"In his characteristically bravura style, Don Herzog combines history, logic, and withering wit to argue not just that we've gotten sovereignty wrong all these years, but that the very idea has passed its expiration date. Sovereignty, RIP is poised to upend the conversation about one of the key terms of modern political life."--Sophia Rosenfeld, author of Democracy and Truth: A Short History

"Don Herzog has written a brilliant book that we all must read immediately. He demonstrates in clear, precise, and witty prose, chock-full of telling historical examples, that the notion of sovereignty as unlimited, undivided, and unaccountable is long past its sell-by date and has become 'a threat to social order.'"--Steven Pincus, University of Chicago