Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Imprints Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Instruments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: International Governance -- Theory and Practice; Part I International Perspectives; A. Formal Foundations; 1 The 'Unsettled' Eighteenth Century: Kant and his Predecessors; I Introduction; II Foundations of International Law: Three Topoi; A 'Civil' Foundations: Wolff and the World Republic; B Consensual Foundations: Vattel and Positive Law; C Federal Foundations: Rousseau and the European Government
III Kant and the 'Unsettled' Foundations of International LawA The 'Cosmopolitan Constitution' and the World Republic; B The Abandonment of the World Republic?; IV The 'Antinomies' of International Right; A Empirical Obstacles to a Universal Civic State; B Normative Obstacles against an International State; V Excursus: Permissive Law(s) and International Right; VI Conclusion; 2 World Order through Law: The Politics of Kelsenian Positivism in International Law; I The Contextual Deep-Structure of the Kelsenian Approach to International Law; A The Quest for Objectivity
B The Cosmopolitan ProjectC The Methodological Toolkit; D The Critique of German Staatswillenspositivismus and the Grundnorm of International Law; II The Limits of Objectivity; III Kelsen and Oppenheim: Two Radically Opposed 'Positivist' Projects; IV Conclusion; 3 Tyranny and Constitutionalism beyond the State; I Introduction; II Hegemony, Anarchy and Imperialism; A Hegemony; B Anarchy; C Imperialism; III Tyranny; A Classical Greek Tyranny; B Machiavelli; C Arendt and Tyranny; IV Understanding Tyranny?; V Global Constitutionalism; A Tyranny, International Rule of Law; VI Conclusion
4 New Order for Yet Another New World: Philosophy in a Time of Global Existential CrisisI Introduction; II The Mind in Search of Itself; III An Existential Crisis of the European Mind; IV The Duty of Philosophy in a Time of Global Existential Crisis; B. Substantive Challenges; 5 The Real Utopia: International Constitutionalism and the Use of Force; I Introduction; II Types of International System and the Role of International Law; A Anarchy or Empire; B 'Realist' or Balance of Power; C The Common Interest of Society Approach; D Constitutionalism and Utopia
III International Constitutionalism and the Use of ForceA Constitutional Functions and the Use of Force; IV Conclusion; 6 Variable Geometry in the WTO; I The Issue; II The Law; A Assessing the Impact of PAs and PTAs on WTO; B Overlap and Differences; III The Pros and Cons of PAs; A Opening Up to Controversial Issues; B Erosion of MFN; C A Two-Tier WTO; D Many Pay, Few Profit; E Reducing Issue Linkage; IV Go for It: PAs, Variable Geometry and the WTO; A Europeans Show the Way; B A Vehicle to Integrate those Left Behind; C Hothouse for Regulatory Cooperation; D Relax (Re-Think) Consensus
Summary
This edited collection evaluates international and regional approaches to global governance problems, exploring solutions offered by the EU
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 31, 2018)
