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Handbook on global constitutionalism / edited by Anthony F. Lang, Antje Wiener.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Lang, Anthony F., editor.
Wiener, Antje, editor.
Series:
Research handbooks on globalisation and the law.
Research Handbooks on Globalisation and the Law
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Constitutional law.
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (458 pages).
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Cheltenham England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.
Summary:
This Handbook introduces scholars and students to the history, philosophy and evidence of global constitutionalism.Contributors provide their insights from law, politics, international relations, philosophy and history, drawing on diverse frameworks and empirical data sets to explore the idea of a global constitutional order.
Contents:
Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
List of contributors
Preface and acknowledgements
1 A constitutionalising global order: an introduction
PART I: HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS
2 Global constitutionalism: the ancient worlds
3 Medieval constitutionalism
4 Global constitutionalism in the early modern period: the role of empires, treaties and natural law
5 The Enlightenment and global constitutionalism
6 Modern historical antecedents of global constitutionalism in theoretical perspective
PART II: POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES
7 Cosmopolitanism and global constitutionalism
8 Liberal theory
9 Constructivism
10 Realist perspectives on global constitutionalism
11 Critical theory
PART III: LEGAL THEORIES
12 International legal constitutionalism, legal forms and the need for villains
13 Interactional legal theory, the international rule of law and global constitutionalism
14 The multifaceted relationship between functionalism and global constitutionalism
PART IV: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
15 Global constitutionalism and the rule of law
16 Balance of powers
17 Constituent power in global constitutionalism
18 Human rights as transnational constitutional law
19 Proportionality as a global constitutional principle
20 Written versus unwritten: two views on the form of an international constitution
21 Constitution making
PART V: INSTITUTIONS ANDFRAMEWORKS
22 International judicial review
23 Legislatures
24 Executive and exception
25 Federalism: from constitutionalism to constitutionalization?
26 The UN Charter and global constitutionalism?
27 Functionalism, constitutionalism and the United Nations
28 The European Union and global constitutionalism
29 The International Criminal Court and global constitutionalism.
30 Global commercial constitutionalization: the World Trade Organization
PART VI: NEW HORIZONS
31 The political economy of global constitutionalism
32 Global religion in a post-Westphalia world
33 Constitutionalism and pluralism
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-78347-735-0
OCLC:
1007134332

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