Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice'

Mobilising International Law for 'Global Justice'
Author: Jeff Handmaker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108497942

Critically explores how international law is mobilised, by global and local actors, to achieve or block global justice efforts.

On Global Justice

On Global Justice
Author: Mathias Risse
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-09-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1400845505

Debates about global justice have traditionally fallen into two camps. Statists believe that principles of justice can only be held among those who share a state. Those who fall outside this realm are merely owed charity. Cosmopolitans, on the other hand, believe that justice applies equally among all human beings. On Global Justice shifts the terms of this debate and shows how both views are unsatisfactory. Stressing humanity's collective ownership of the earth, Mathias Risse offers a new theory of global distributive justice--what he calls pluralist internationalism--where in different contexts, different principles of justice apply. Arguing that statists and cosmopolitans seek overarching answers to problems that vary too widely for one single justice relationship, Risse explores who should have how much of what we all need and care about, ranging from income and rights to spaces and resources of the earth. He acknowledges that especially demanding redistributive principles apply among those who share a country, but those who share a country also have obligations of justice to those who do not because of a universal humanity, common political and economic orders, and a linked global trading system. Risse's inquiries about ownership of the earth give insights into immigration, obligations to future generations, and obligations arising from climate change. He considers issues such as fairness in trade, responsibilities of the WTO, intellectual property rights, labor rights, whether there ought to be states at all, and global inequality, and he develops a new foundational theory of human rights.

The Work of Global Justice

The Work of Global Justice
Author: Fuyuki Kurasawa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2007-10-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780521857246

Human rights have been generally understood as juridical products, organizational outcomes or abstract principles that are realized through formal means such as passing laws, creating institutions or formulating ideals. In this book, Fuyuki Kurasawa argues that we must reverse this 'top-down' focus by examining how groups and persons struggling against global injustices construct and enact human rights through five transnational forms of ethico-political practice: bearing witness, forgiveness, foresight, aid and solidarity. From these, he develops a new perspective highlighting the difficult social labour that constitutes the substance of what global justice is and ought to be, thereby reframing the terms of debates about human rights and providing the outlines of a critical cosmopolitanism centred around emancipatory struggles for an alternative globalization.

Global Justice, State Duties

Global Justice, State Duties
Author: Malcolm Langford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2013
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107012775

Explores whether states possess extraterritorial obligations under international law to respect and ensure economic, social and cultural rights.

National Responsibility and Global Justice

National Responsibility and Global Justice
Author: David Miller
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2007-11-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199235058

Steering a middle course between cosmopolitanism and a narrow nationalism, the book develops an original theory of global justice that also addresses controversial topics such as immigration and reparations for historic wrongdoing.

Global Justice and Transnational Politics

Global Justice and Transnational Politics
Author: Pablo De Greiff
Publisher: Mit Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780262042055

Essays exploring the prospects for transnational democracy in a world of increasing globalization.

Marketing Global Justice

Marketing Global Justice
Author: Christine Schwöbel-Patel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2021-05-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108482759

A political economy analysis that explains international criminal law's hegemonic status in the understanding of global justice.

The Global Justice Reader

The Global Justice Reader
Author: Thom Brooks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2023-02-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1119911524

A unique compendium of foundational and contemporary writings in global justice, newly revised and expanded The Global Justice Reader is the first resource of its kind to focus exclusively on this important topic in moral and political philosophy, providing an expertly curated selection of both classic and contemporary work in one comprehensive volume. Purpose-built for course work, this collection brings together the best in the field to help students appreciate the philosophical dimensions of critical global issues and chart the development of diverse concepts of justice and morality. Newly revised and expanded, the Reader presents key writings of the most influential writers on global justice, including Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, Martha C. Nussbaum, and Peter Singer. Thirty-nine chapters across eleven thematically organized sections explore sovereignty, rights to self-determination, human rights, nationalism and patriotism, cosmopolitanism, global poverty, women and global justice, climate change, and more. Features seminal works from the moral and political philosophers of the past as well as important writings from leading contemporary thinkers Explores critical topics in current discourses surrounding immigration and citizenship, global poverty, just war, terrorism, and international environmental justice Highlights the need for shared philosophical resources to help address global problems Includes a brief introduction in each section setting out the issues of concern to global justice theorists Contains complete references in each chapter and a fully up-to-date, extended bibliography to supplement further readings The revised edition of The Global Justice Reader remains an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in global justice and human rights, cosmopolitanism and nationalism, environmental justice, and social justice and citizenship, and an excellent supplement for general courses in political philosophy, political science, social science, and law.

Democratizing Global Justice

Democratizing Global Justice
Author: John S. Dryzek
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108957412

The tensions between democracy and justice have long preoccupied political theorists. Institutions that are procedurally democratic do not necessarily make substantively just decisions. Democratizing Global Justice shows that democracy and justice can be mutually reinforcing in global governance - a domain where both are conspicuously lacking - and indeed that global justice requires global democratization. This novel reconceptualization of the problematic relationship between global democracy and global justice emphasises the role of inclusive deliberative processes. These processes can empower the agents necessary to determine what justice should mean and how it should be implemented in any given context. Key agents include citizens and the global poor; and not just the states but also international organizations and advocacy groups active in global governance. The argument is informed by and applied to the decision process leading to adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, and climate governance inasmuch as it takes on questions of climate justice.