The significance of borders why representative government and the rule of law require nation states amazonde baudet thierry fremdsprachige bucher. The significance of borders does much more than articulate why supra nationalism and multi culturalism are dead ends he argues from first principles so that the reader is clear not only that these aspirations dont work but also that they cant work. The significance of borders why representative government and the rule of law require nation states doctoral thesis borders define jurisdictions to uphold borders is to claim jurisdiction to claim the right to decide on the law the nation state makes such a claim it seeks jurisdiction over a particular territory by implication the nation state also acknowledges that other jurisdictions may apply beyond that territory borders work two ways and while they grant the nation state . The significance of borders is a well written carefully researched and forcefully argued book it ultimately advocates reconsidering the european common currency reinstating national borders and dismantling complicated eu regulations