Imperfect Cosmopolis

Studies in the History of International Legal Theory and Cosmopolitan Ideas

By (author) Georg Cavallar

Publication date:

01 April 2011

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

University of Wales Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9780708323670

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

In current debates, the term cosmopolitanismA" often remains quite vague and leads to sweeping generalizations. Unlike many recent publications, this book looks at the notion from a decidedly historical perspective, trying to give depth and texture to the concept.

*Introduction *Vitoria, Grotius, Pufendorf, Wolff and Vattel: accomplices of European colonialism and exploitation, or true cosmopolitans? *British Enlightenment: the triumph of commercial cosmopolitanism *Kant and the 'miserable comforters': contractual cosmopolitanism *Late eighteenth-century international legal theory: from cosmopolis to the idea of Europe *Immigration, rights and the global community: Pufendorf, Vattel, Bluntschli and Verdross *Conclusion