Cosmopolitanism in Context
Perspectives from International Law and Political Theory

A multidisciplinary analysis of cosmopolitanism brings together political philosophers and international lawyers to discuss international law and politics issues.

Roland Pierik (Edited by), Wouter Werner (Edited by)

9780521191944, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 June 2010

302 pages
23.5 x 16 x 1.1 cm, 0.61 kg

'On a whole, the contributions presented here on the subject of migration reveal how important further research on this subject is. Migration issues will become even more important in the future and these studies can form an essential starting point for dealing with them on an academic basis.' Europa Ethica

Is it possible and desirable to translate the basic principles underlying cosmopolitanism as a moral standard into effective global institutions. Will the ideals of inclusiveness and equal moral concern for all survive the marriage between cosmopolitanism and institutional power? What are the effects of such bureaucratisation of cosmopolitan ideals? This volume examines the strained relationship between cosmopolitanism as a moral standard and the legal institutions in which cosmopolitan norms and principles are to be implemented. Five areas of global concern are analysed: environmental protection, economic regulation, peace and security, the fight against international crimes and migration.

1. Cosmopolitanism in context: an introduction Roland Pierik and Wouter Werner
Part I. Global Justice and Environmental Protection: 2. Human rights and global climate change Simon Caney
3. Global environmental law and global institutions: a system lacking 'good process' Ellen Hey
Part II. International Economic Law and Global Justice: 4. The WTO/GATS Mode 4, international labour migration regimes and global justice Tomer Broude
5. Incentives for pharmaceutical research: must they exclude the poor from advanced medicines? Thomas Pogge
Part III. International Conflict and Security Law and Global Justice: 6. Cosmopolitan legitimacy and UN collective security Nicholas Tsagourias
7. Enforcing global justice: the problem of intervention Kok-Chor Tan
Part IV. International Criminal Law and Global Justice: 8. Rawls's Law of the Peoples and the International Criminal Court Steven Roach
9. An ideal becoming real? The International Criminal Court and the limits of the cosmopolitan vision of justice Victor Peskin
Part V. Human Rights, Migration and Global Justice: 10. Is immigration a human right? Jorge Valades
11. A distributive approach to migration law. Or: the convergence of Communitarianism, Libertarianism and the status quo Thomas Spijkerboer
12. Can cosmopolitanism survive institutionalisation? Roland Pierik and Wouter Werner.

Subject Areas: Public international law [LBB], Jurisprudence & general issues [LA], Social & political philosophy [HPS]