4 Collective Basic Rights Today

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Basic Collective Rights for Law and Morality – The Theory
7. Individual Rights and Collective Rights in Conflict: The Ecocentric Perspective and the Commons 7
8. The Common Good and the Public Interest: Jus Cogens Norms and Erga Omnes Obligations in a Lawless World 49
9. Communities and Collectives: The Interface 93
10. Collective Rights, Globalization, and Democracy–The Practice
11. Collective Basic Rights Today 141
12. Globalization, Democracy, and Collective Rights 174
13. Cosmopolitanism, the Moral Community, and Collective Human Rights 206
14. Toward a New Cosmopolitanism
15. World Law or International Legal Instruments? Toward the Protection of Basic Collective Human Rights 239
16. Conclusion 261
17. Notes 281
18. Works Cited 312
19. Index 342