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ID108477
Title ProperInternational law and the limits of global justice
LanguageENG
AuthorMeckled-Garcia, Saladin
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)There are two central theses to this article, the first is that a special kind of governance authority is needed for principles of distributive social justice ('social justice' from now on) to be applicable to any sphere of human action. The second is that international law does not and cannot represent that kind of governance authority. It is not 'social justice-apt', in my terminology. This is due to the limits inherent in the statist character of international law, a character that underlies the point and purpose of international law in the first place. Putting these together, one can conclude that international law cannot be used to govern the global order according to those principles of social justice that liberal theorists typically defend in the domestic context. This shows that if the cosmopolitan project of extending social justice to the global arena does not find an alternative form of governance for the international order (the problem of 'cosmopolitan coordination') it ceases to be a viable project.
`In' analytical NoteReview of International Studies Vol. 37, No. 5; Dec 2011: p.2073-2088
Journal SourceReview of International Studies Vol. 37, No. 5; Dec 2011: p.2073-2088
Key WordsGlobal Justice ;  International Law ;  Social Justice ;  Governance Authority ;  Governance


 
 
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