The Westphalian Legal Orthodoxy - Myth or Reality?: Beaulac

Sees Westphalia as part of a larger process- the authority Westphalia claims to invent was only prevalent much later- through industrial revolution and 20th century war

Westphalia brought about the end of imperium in practice, however, the formal decline didn’t occur until a century later

Westphalia was not a paradigm shift in the development of the state

It was one political instance where entities desire an enhancement of their power

It maintained imperium through the empire’s institutions & feudal territorial links

Instead of being a revolutionary shift, it was a stepping stone in the evolution of Europe