Wheatley, Steven.

The Democratic Legitimacy of International Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (424 pages) - Studies in International Law Series . - Studies in International Law Series .

Prelims -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of International Treaties, Conventions and other Legal Instruments -- Table Of General Assembly Resolutions -- Introduction -- 1 The Democratic Deficit in Global Governance -- 2 Democracy Within and Beyond the State -- 3 The State as (Democratic) Self-Legislator -- 4 The Constitutionalisation of International Law -- 5 Democracy in International Law -- 6 International Governance by Non-State Actors -- 7 A Concept of (International) Law -- 8 Deliberative Democracy Beyond the State -- 9 Democracy in Conditions of Global Legal Pluralism -- 10 Conclusion: Democracy and the Public International Lawyer -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

This book restates the deliberative ideal developed by Habermas, and applies this to the systems of global governance.

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