Multilevel Constitutionalism For Multilevel Governance Of Public Goods: Methodology Problems In International Law

This is the first legal monograph analyzing multilevel governance of global 'aggregate public goods' (PGs) from the perspective of democratic, republican, and cosmopolitan constitutionalism by using historical, legal, political, and economic methods. It explains the need for a 'new philosophy of international law' in order to protect human rights and PGs more effectively and more legitimately. 'Constitutional approaches' are justified by the universal recognition of human rights and by the need to protect human rights, rule of law, democracy and other principles of justice that are used in national, regional, and UN legal systems as indeterminate legal concepts. The study describes and criticizes the legal methodology problems of 'disconnected' governance in UN, GATT, and WTO institutions, as well as in certain areas of the external relations of the EU (like transatlantic free trade agreements).

• | Author: Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
• | Publisher: Hart Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 30, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 416 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1509929703
• | ISBN-13: 9781509929702