Cosmopolitanism, State Sovereignty and International Law and Politics

Jorge E. Núñez is a Reader in Legal and Political Philosophy and International Relations at Manchester Law School, UK and Visiting Professor at Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, UNLP, Argentina.

• Preface xiPART ONEThe situation in law and politics and the new vision 11 Sovereignty and cosmopolitanism: Pluralism of pluralisms and a multidimensional analysis 3Introduction 3General structure 7Chapter 1 Introduction 8Chapter 2 Sovereignty 9Chapter 3 Cosmopolitanism 9Chapter 4 Agents and players 10Chapter 5 Contexts and realms 12Chapter 6 Dimensions and variables 13Chapter 7 Territorial disputes 15Chapter 8 Conclusive remarks, limitations and implications 15Aims, rationale and objectives 15Methodology 17The notions of sovereignty and cosmopolitanism in this monograph 18The notions of pluralism of pluralisms and multidimensional analysis in this monograph 22Choice of examples 25Conclusion 25Bibliography 272 Sovereignty 29Introduction 29Sovereignty 33Normative and factual sovereignty 38Factual sovereignty or de facto sovereignty 40Normative sovereignty or de jure sovereignty 41Limitations to factual and normative sovereignty 42The axiological choice: value sovereignty 43Conclusion 47Bibliography 493 Cosmopolitanism 52Introduction 52Cosmopolitanism 54Kinds of cosmopolitanism 57Legal cosmopolitanism: natural and positive law 60Positive law cosmopolitanism 63Cosmopolitanism and universal law 65Conclusion 70Bibliography 71PART TWOThe theory of multidimensionality and the pluralism of pluralisms 754 Agents and players 77Introduction 77Agents 79Types of agents: individuals, communities and states 81Self-ownership and sovereignty 83Peoples: natives, implanted populations and divided societies 85Players 91Players and their characteristics 92a) Rationality 92b) Strategies 93c) Information 95Players, game theory and territorial disputes 95Conclusion 99Bibliography 1005 Contexts, realms and modes of existence 104Introduction 104Contexts 106Sovereignty, cosmopolitanism and the domestic context 108Sovereignty, cosmopolitanism and the regional context 110Sovereignty, cosmopolitanism and the international context 111Realms 113The factual realm, sovereignty and cosmopolitanism 115The normative realm, sovereignty and cosmopolitanism 116The axiological realm, sovereignty and cosmopolitanism 117Modes of existence 119Objects, methods and epistemological acts 120Conclusion 125Bibliography 1266 Dimensions and variables 128Introduction 128Dimensions 131Unidimensionality and multidimensionality 133Linear dimensions 136a) Vertical 137b) Horizontal 138c) Diagonal or transversal, curved or spiral and other linear relationships 139Nonlinear dimensions 139a) Self-referred 140b) Regressive 141c) Chaotic 141d) Random 141Time 142Space 146According to its scope 146According to the way it is perceived 147Conclusion 150Bibliography 151PART THREEThe application to territorial disputes and conclusive remarks 1557 Territorial disputes 157Introduction 157The concept of “territorial disputes” 159The case of Khemed between Borduria and Syldavia 163Unidimensionality and Khemed 165Multidimensionality and Khemed 170In terms of population 174In terms of territory 175In terms of government 175The significance to sovereignty and cosmopolitanism 177Conclusion 179Bibliography 1808 Conclusive remarks, limitations and future implications 182Introduction 182Limitations and future implications 184Deploying the multidimensional approach 187Some final remarks: partial conclusions and guidelines 187Conclusion 194Bibliography 195Index 197