Sovereignty in Transition

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Sovereignty in Transition
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Neil Walker
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:572
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781841135649
ClassificationsDewey:341.26
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publication Date 10 October 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sovereignty in Transition brings together a group of leading scholars from law and cognate disciplines to assess contemporary developments in the framework of ideas and the variety of institutional forms associated with the concept of sovereignty. Sovereignty has been described as the main organising concept of the international society of states - one which is traditionally central to the discipline and practice of both constitutional law and of international law. The volume asks to what extent, and with what implications, this centrality is challenged by contemporary developments that shift authority away from the state to new sub-state, supra-state and non-state forms. A particular focus of attention is the European Union, and the relationship between the sovereignty traditions of various member states on the one hand and the new claims to authority made on behalf of the European Union itself on the other are examined. The collection also includes contributions from international law, legal philosophy, legal history, political theory, political science, international relations and theology that seek to examine the state of the sovereignty debate in these disciplines in ways that throw light on the focal constitutional debate in the European Union.

Author Biography

Neil Walker is Professor of European Law at the EUI Florence.

Reviews

...full of suggestive thoughts...extremely informative. -- Agustin Jose Menendez * Political Studies *