Program 2005-2009
Beyond state-centric law and legal doctrine. New actors and determinants.
- General scope of the programme
- Research methodology and approach
- Researchers and contents of the sub-programmes
- Complete description of the programme
(35 pages)
- Institutional context and (inter-)national cooperation
- Funding
- Program management and support staff
Researchers and contents of the sub-programmes
The Westphalian myth revisited. State sovereignty and the process of international law-making and law-enforcement from the 16th centrury to the present.
1.1 State sovereignty as a relative concept
1.2 The modern law of nations: a permeable system?
1.3 Great powers and international society
From the classical conception of legal systems towards modern European and international governance
2.1 Modern governance: fundamental approaches to European and international governance
2.2 Rethinking the relations between law, politics and ethics
2.3 Modern European governance
2.4 Modern international governance: new actors and instruments
2.5 Market regulation and modern governance
2.6 Regulation of the labour market
A European and international legal order based on human rights
3.1 A European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
3.2 Protection of national minorities, indigenous peoples and stateless persons
3.3 International criminal prosecution
3.4 Connecting international trade and development to human rights law
3.5 Social rights in International and European Perspective
Legislation and identity: authoritative representation in supra- and infra-national polities.
4.1 European Union, space and identity [EUSI]
4.2 Constituent Power, Constitutional Power and the European 'Body Politic' [CPCP]
4.3 Sovereignty, refugee and identity: Fundamentals for European border policy [SRI]
4.4 Binding Unity and Diverging Concepts in European Union law [BUDC]
4.5 Justice as illusion and justice as idea: Hans Kelsen and Leo Strauss on Plato and the unity of a legal order [HKLS]
4.6 Law, time and the politics of reconciliation [LTR]
4.7 Reflexive identity and political indexicality [RIPI]
4.8 Reflexive identity in the polis [RIP]
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