1st Edition

Cosmopolitan Justice and its Discontents

Edited By Cecilia Bailliet, Katja Franko Aas Copyright 2011
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Part One  1. Cosmopolitan Sovereignty, Sam Adelman  2. Does a World State Really Lead to A Graveyard of Freedom?, Ronald Tinnevelt  Part Two  3. Guilty Landscapes: Collective Guilt and International Criminal Law, Chrisje Brants  4. Exposing Checks & Balances in War Powers: A Solider’s Tale of Cosmopolitan Federalism, Cecilia M. Bailliet  Part Three  5. EU Constitutionalization in Turkey: Exchanging Visions and Values on Tolerance and Diversity, Kyriaki Topidi  6. All the People in All the World: A Cosmopolitan Perspective on Migration and Torture, Barbara Hudson  7. A Borderless World? Cosmopolitanism, Borders & Frontiers, Katja Franko Aas  Part Four  8. The Cosmopolitanism of Transnational Economic Law,  Robert Wai  9. Cosmopolitan Competition: The Case of International Investment, Malcolm Langford  10. Cosmopolitanism in Practice? The Case of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund, Andreas Follesdahl  Epilogue  Frictions of Hospitality and the Possibilities of Cosmopolitan Justice in Everyday Life, Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Biography

Cecilia M. Bailliet is Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of International and Public Law, and Director of the Masters Program in Public International Law at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Katja Franko Aas is Professor at the Institute of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of Oslo.