Intimations of Global Law

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Intimations of Global Law
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Neil Walker
SeriesGlobal Law Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 227,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781107463783
ClassificationsDewey:341
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 2 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 22 November 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A strain of law reaching beyond any bounded international or transnational remit to assert a global jurisdiction has recently acquired a new prominence. Intimations of Global Law detects this strain in structures of international law claiming a planetary scope independent of state consent, in new threads of global constitutional law, administrative law and human rights, and in revived notions of ius gentium and the global rule of law. It is also visible in the legal pursuit of functionally differentiated global public goods, general conflict rules, norms of 'legal pluralism' and new legal hybrids such as the global law of peace and humanity law. The coming of global law affects how law manifests itself in a global age and alters the shape of our legal-ethical horizons. Global law presents a diverse, unsettled and sometimes conflicted legal category, and one which challenges our very understanding of the rudiments of legal authority.

Author Biography

Neil Walker holds the Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh.