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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811917303321

Titolo

Cosmopolitan justice and its discontents / / edited by Cecilia M. Bailliet and Katja Franko Aas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2011

ISBN

1-136-74137-2

1-136-74138-0

1-283-10349-4

9786613103499

0-203-81918-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaillietCecilia

AasKatja Franko

Disciplina

320.01/1

Soggetti

Cosmopolitanism

Social justice

International organization

Rule of law

Sovereignty

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Cosmopolitan Justice and its Discontents; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part: I; 1. Cosmopolitan sovereignty; 2. Does a world state really lead to a graveyard of freedom?; Part: II; 3 Guilty landscapes: Collective guilt and international criminal law; 4. Exposing checks and balances in war powers: A soldier's tale of cosmopolitan federalism; Part: III; 5. EU constitutionalization in Turkey: Exchanging visions and values on tolerance and diversity; 6. All the people in all the world: A cosmopolitan perspective on migration and torture

7. A borderless world? Cosmopolitanism, boundaries and frontiersPart: IV; 8. The cosmopolitanism of transnational economic law; 9. Cosmopolitan competition: The case of international investment; 10. Cosmopolitanism in practice? The case of the Norwegian Government



Pension Fund; Epilogue: Frictions of hospitality and the possibilities of cosmopolitan justice in everyday life; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cosmopolitan Justice and its Discontents pursues a reflection upon the institutional orders designed to ensure respect for the rule of law, human rights, and social justice. The majority of literature on cosmopolitanism tends to be oriented in sociology, political science or philosophy, and is largely positive. This book aims to fill the lacuna with respect to critical and legal perspectives in this field. In particular, it highlights the importance of international economic law and its institutions when evaluating the evolution of cosmopolitan norms. In addition, it provides criti