From Cosmopolitanism to Human Rights [Paperback]

This book explores a democratic theory of international law. Characterised by a back-and-forth between theory and practice, it explores the question from two perspectives: a theoretical level which reflects and criticizes the categories, words and concepts through which international law is understood, and a more applied level focussing on 'cosmopolitan building sites' or the practical features of the law, such as the role of civil society in international organisations or reform of the UN Security Council. Though written for an academic audience, it will have a more general appeal and be of interest to all those concerned with how international governance is developing.Olivier de Frouvilleis Professor of Public Law at the University Panth?on-Assas (Paris II), France.

Introduction
PART I
ELEMENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
1. What is Legal Cosmopolitanism?
I. Cosmopolitan Sentiment and Phenomenology of the Relation to Others
II. Relation to the Other and Society
III. From Cosmopolitan Feeling to Legal Cosmopolitanism
2. On the Theory of the International Constitution
I. Georges Scelle's Concept of the International Constitution
II. A Theory of the International Constitution Based on a Democratic Theory of International Law
III. An Overview of the Evolution of the International Constitution
IV. Conclusion
3. A Cosmopolitan Perspective on the Responsibility to Protect
I. Analysis of the Pivotal Concepts of R2P
II. Outline Reconstruction of a Cosmopolitan Theory of Humanitarian Intervention
4. Justifying International Law, Defending Cosmopolitanism
I. Cosmopolitanism as the Flip Side of Neoliberalism
II. Cosmopolitanism as the Construction of a Rootless Individualist
III. The Theoretical and Practical Impossibility of World Politics
IV. A Few Seemingly Inconsequential Thoughts by Way of an Inconclusive Conclusion&
5. A Critical Defence of Human Rl3Á