Global Constitutionalism in International Legal Perspective (Queen Mary Studies in International Law)

Title page\n......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Introduction......Page 24
Section I: Social Constitutionalism......Page 27
A. The International Community School......Page 28
B. Global Civil Society......Page 29
Section II: Institutional Constitutionalism......Page 34
A. Global Governance......Page 35
B. The United Nations......Page 42
C. Microconstitutionalism becoming Macroconstitutionalism......Page 45
D. Summary......Page 47
A. World Law......Page 48
B. The Hierarchical Order......Page 50
C. Fundamental Norms......Page 52
D. Summary......Page 55
A. Meta-Rules Constitutionalism......Page 56
B. The Domestic Constitutional Order......Page 58
C. European Constitutionalism......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 61
Introduction......Page 64
A. The Greeks......Page 67
B. The Romans......Page 74
A. The Rise of Divine Law......Page 76
B. The Secularisation of Law......Page 80
A. The Centrality of the Nation State......Page 83
B. The First Written Constitutions......Page 86
A. Colonialism......Page 91
B. Imperialism......Page 93
C. Summary......Page 94
Section V: Post-Modernity/The Present......Page 95
Conclusion......Page 97
Introduction......Page 100
A. Constitutions can exist beyond the Nation State, in the International Sphere......Page 102
B. Unity/Homogeneity in the International Sphere......Page 108
1. Unity Exists......Page 109
2. Unity can be Created......Page 115
a. Self-Legitimation......Page 116
b. Creation of Uniformity......Page 117
C. The Idea of Global Constitutionalism is Global......Page 120
A. The Limitation of Power......Page 122
B. The Institutionalisation of Power......Page 125
C. Social Idealism......Page 130
D. The Standard-Setting Capacity......Page 135
E. Individual Rights Protection......Page 138
Conclusion......Page 143
Introduction......Page 146
Section I: Should and Can the Idea of Global Constitutionalism be Abandoned?......Page 148
Section II: The Appeal of the Project of Global Constitutionalism......Page 149
1. The Motivation of the Allocation of Power in the International Sphere......Page 150
2. The Motivation of the Regulation of International Society through Law......Page 153
3. The Motivation of the Legitimation of International Law......Page 156
Section III: Appeal, Survival, or Addiction?......Page 158
Section IV: A Reorientation towards Organic Global Constitutionalism......Page 161
A. Constitutionalism as an Ongoing Process......Page 162
B. Politicising the Discourse of Global Constitutionalism......Page 165
C. Global Constitutionalism as a ‘Negative Universal’......Page 171
D. Organic Global Constitutionalism as a Promise for the Future......Page 174
E. The Limitations of Organic Global Constitutionalism......Page 175
Conclusion......Page 176
Introduction......Page 180
Section I: Preliminary Questions......Page 182
Section II: What does ‘Organic’ mean?......Page 185
Section III: Organic Global Constitutionalism and the Four Dimensions......Page 188
A. Social Constitutionalism......Page 189
B. Institutional Constitutionalism......Page 192
C. Normative Constitutionalism......Page 196
D. Analogical Constitutionalism......Page 198
Conclusion......Page 199
Conclusion......Page 202
Bibliography......Page 206
Index......Page 216