Global Constitutionalism: A Socio-Legal Perspective

In: Beiträge Zum Ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht Ser v.275

Abstract

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 International Law, Globalization, and Transformation -- 2.1 International Law and Globalization -- 2.1.1 Globalization, Sovereignty and Changing Structures -- 2.1.1.1 Rise of Network Society -- 2.1.1.2 Erosion of Sovereignty -- 2.1.2 Challenges of Globalization towards International Law -- 2.1.2.1 Dimension of Transformation: From Westphalian towards Post-Westphalian -- 2.1.2.1.1 New Law for a New World -- 2.1.2.1.2 From "Law of Cooperation" towards "Law of Integration" -- 2.1.2.2 Expansion of International Community -- 2.1.2.2.1 International Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) -- 2.1.2.2.2 Individuals and Impact of Human Rights -- 2.1.2.3 A New Normative Framework -- 2.1.2.4 Fragmentation and International Law -- 2.1.2.4.1 Increasing Differentiation and Fragmentation -- 2.1.2.4.2 New Spaces, Regimes and Jurisdictional Rules -- 2.1.2.5 Blurring Borderline Between Public and Private Law -- 2.1.2.6 Paradigm Shifts -- 2.1.2.6.1 Earlier Shifts: International Community -- 2.1.2.6.2 Post-War Shifts -- 2.2 Responses to the Transformation: An Inquiry for a New Paradigm? -- 2.2.1 The Rise of the Idea of Global Law -- 2.2.2 Global Law and Constructivism -- 2.2.3 A Global Public Order? A Genealogy of Pluralism, Administrative Law and Constitutionalism -- 2.2.3.1 Global Legal Pluralism -- 2.2.3.2 Global Administrative Law -- 2.2.3.3 Global Constitutionalism -- 3 Constitutionalism in Global Context: A Developing Discourse -- 3.1 Mapping Global Constitutionalism Theories -- 3.1.1 Global Constitutionalist Theories: Assumption of an Ongoing Constitutionalization Process -- 3.1.1.1 Holistic Approaches: World State, Cosmopolitanism, Universalism -- 3.1.1.1.1 Cosmopolitanism and "the World State" -- 3.1.1.1.1.1 Kantian Tradition and Cosmopolitanism