The dawn of the new era The height of corporate power The quest for a balanced system Fundamental principles of international economic law The definition of international economic law The basis of international economic law Economic sovereignty Permanent sovereignty over natural resources (PSNR) Fundamental principles of international economic law The institutional structure of international economic law Institutions The UN and its specialised agencies 1 7 7 8 11 13 14 16 17 18 19 21 21 22 22
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“The new society is made up of networks” (Castells‚ 695). Manuel Castells argues that we are living in a network society of the Information Age in his work‚ Toward a Sociology of the Network Society. This new society was not created accidentally by an accident. It was emerged at the end of twentieth century when five social changes (information technology revolution‚ globalization‚ cultural manifestation‚ the fall of nation state and the development of ecological consciousness) were interacted together
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Theories of sovereignty 2. Parliamentary Democracy and Separation of Powers 3. Judicial Review and Methods of Constitutional Interpretation 4. Fundamental Rights 5. Central-local Relation‚ Local Autonomy. Relations with European Union 6. Political Parties and Elections 6 sessions of 3 hours each 1. Origins and Historical Developments of Constitutionalism. a. The concept of a constitution in the 18th century b. The constitution of 1791 i. Separation of powers ii. Theories of sovereignty iii. Representation
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the Search for Order in the 17th Century What is Absolutism? Absolutism or absolute monarchy was a system in which the sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right. Sovereignty In the 17th century‚ having sovereign power consisted of the authority to: Why Absolutism? A response to the crises of the 16th & 17th centuries A search for order— As revolts‚ wars‚ and rebellions died down‚ the privileged classes
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Glossary Nation State A form of political organization under which a relatively homogeneous people inhabits a sovereign state. Sovereignty Denotes a single‚ supreme political decision-making authority. In early modern Europe the Monarch was the Sovereign. In modern states sovereignty tends to lie with the executive arm of government. A controversial term‚ sovereignty relies on authority‚ not power. That is‚ the sovereign claims the right or authority to decide matters of interest to the state‚
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Globalization can be conceived as a process (or set of processes) which embodies a transformation in the spatial organization of social relations and transactions‚ expressed in transcontinental or interregional flows and networks of activity‚ interaction and power (see Held and McGrew‚ et al‚ 1999). It is characterized by four types of change. First‚ it involves a stretching of social‚ political and economic activities across frontiers‚ regions and continents. Second‚ it is marked by the intensification
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Building Democracy After Conflict THE CASE FOR SHARED SOVEREIGNTY Stephen D. Krasner Stephen D. Krasner is Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations and director of the Center on Democracy‚ Development‚ and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. His books include Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy (1999) and Problematic Sovereignty (2001). ne of the major foreign policy challenges of the contemporary era‚ indeed perhaps the major challenge‚ is how to encourage the development
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Essay Plan Is the goal of national self-determination (according sovereign statehood to each national community) compatible with ideals of global justice? Draw critically upon a theory (or theories) of justice to explain and give reasons for your answer. Introduction • Justice – the core notion of justice to revolve around the idea that some entity is entitled‚ as a matter of right rather than charity‚ to receive the treatment proper to it - BROWN • National self-determination • Cosmopolitan
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Purpose: To tell the audience about the importance of preserving their ability to think and the ability to perceive things in their own way Audience: The juniors taking this class next year The ability to think and the ability to perceive what we think is not a privilege but a right. You made choices in your life that you though were entirely by yourself‚ but according to Percy Walker you did not make the choices alone. Percy Walker states in his essay‚ “The Loss of a Creature”‚ that almost
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I. Terms a. Centripetal force- An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state b. Centrifugal force- A force that divides people and countries c. Shatterbelt- An area of instability between regions with opposing political and cultural values d. Nation- a group of people with a common culture occupying a particular territory‚ bound together by a strong sense of unity arising from shared beliefs and customs. e. Nation-state- an ideal form consisting of a homogeneous group
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