World constitutionalism / edited by Anthony D'Souza and Carmo D'Souza ; foreword by Marian Pinheiro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Souza, Anthony A.

D'Souza, Carmo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International organization.

International cooperation.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intellectual quest for World Order is as old as the history of mankind. Saints and sages, religious visionaries and philosophers from all great civilizations have left their valuable contributions on the peaceful sands of time. However much of this wealth has been obliterated by other events of history wherein power, might and grandeur were used as the instruments of exploitation by a section of human beings . Time has come to research on the past, and on its basis to analyze the ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; WORLD CONSTITUTIONALISM; THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT 59; HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SOVEREIGNTY; LOOKING BEYOND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES IN THE ERA OF GLOBALISATION; GLOBAL DEMOCRACY OR GLOBAL ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM?; CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ABROAD; HOW WORLD FEDERALISM WILL LIKELY COME INTO EXISTENCE; NEIGHBORHOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONS MIGHT HOPEFULLY INVENT GIMMICKS THAT COULD BE BLENDED INTO A RATIFIABLE CONSTITUTION FOR A SUPRA-NATIONAL FEDERATION

PLANETARY HUMANISMPROPOSAL FOR A NEW VISION AND STRATEGY OF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY; TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE WORLD PARLIAMENT PROPOSALS; THE INTERNET AND THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A WORLD CONSTITUTION; POLITICS OF OPPORTUNITY; SOME THOUGHTS ON UNESCO AND REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALING; JUSTICE, PEACE AND EQUALITY; THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN; HAS INDIAN NEGOTIATING POWER, TO ACHIEVE AN INTERNATIONAL ORDER BASED ON JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW, INCREASED SINCE THE 1998 NUCLEAR TESTS?; SECULARISM IN INDIA, U.S.A. AND UNITED KINGDOM; HISTORY OF WORLD DEMOCRACY; SECTION II

THE POLITICS OF WORLD FEDERATIONTHE POLITICS OF WORLD FEDERATION; ASIAN WORKS ON WORLD FEDERALISM; TOWARDS A WORLD CONSTITUTION; CONCEPTS IN LAW; ONE WORLD DEMOCRACY; ANNEXURE I; ANNEXURE II; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

ISBN:

1-282-19271-X

9786612192715

1-4438-0910-1

OCLC:

816312488