The world crisis and international law : the knowledge economy and the battle for the future / Paul B. Stephan, University of Virginia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephan, Paul B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

World politics--1989-.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

The knowledge economy, a seeming wonder for the world, has caused unintended harms that threaten peace and prosperity and undo international cooperation and the international rule of law. The world faces threats of war, pandemics, growing domestic political discord, climate change, disruption of international trade and investment, immigration, and the pollution of cyberspace, just as international law increasingly falls short as a tool for managing these challenges. Prosperity dependent on meritocracy, open borders, international economic freedom, and a wide-open Internet has met its limits, with international law one of the first casualties. Any effective response to these threats must reflect the pathway by which these perils arrive. Part of the answer to these challenges, Paul B. Stephan argues, must include a re-conception of international law as arising out of pragmatic and limited experiments by states, rather than as grand projects to remake and redeem the world.

Contents:

The crisis arrives

The end of communism and the embrace of the Washington consensus (1989-2000, part I)

New international organizations and their ambitions (1989-2000, part II)

Cracks in the foundation and system shocks : terror, the great recession, and the Arab spring (2000-15)

Crises come in waves : national populism, the poisoning of cyberspace, a new cold war, and the pandemic (2015-21)

Knowledge, technological innovation, and wealth

Law and the knowledge economy : what the winners want

Losing and location in the knowledge economy : the view from the hinterlands and the Chinese alternative

International security, cyber disruption, and human rights

Immigration

Trade and investment

The treason of the clerks : judicial revolts against international law

Dancing along the precipice

What may endure

Conclusion.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781009321020 (ebook)

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