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Kuo, Ming-Sung. (2010) Between law and language : when constitutionalism goes plural in a globalising world. The Modern Law Review, Vol.73 (No.5). pp. 858-882. ISSN 0026-7961
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.2010.00822.x
Abstract
Riding the wave of globalisation, scholars and practitioners envision global governance as a legalised world order. This international rule of law movement is centred on the idea of global constitutionalism. However, the constitutional view of global governance raises fundamental questions pertaining to the nature of international law, the culture of constitutional orders, and the future of global governance: What is the added value for the international legal system to be viewed in constitutional terms? How would comprehensiveness characteristic of traditional constitutional orders figure in an increasingly fragmented world order? Does the new era of constitutionalism herald a paradigm shift in thinking constitutionalism? Ruling the World? Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance, edited by Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Joel P. Trachtman, attempts to illuminate the idea of global constitutionalism. Engaging with the contributors to the collection, this article aims to achieve two goals. In addition to providing a typology of global constitutionalism to help discern the distinct locales where global constitutionalism emerges and dissect its plural meanings, this article argues that global constitutionalism sits at the crossroads of law and language. The ambiguity between legal nomos and narrative language lies at the heart of the current debates surrounding global constitutionalism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations K Law > K Law (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Constitutional law, Globalization, International law, Law -- Language |
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Modern Law Review |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0026-7961 |
| Date: | September 2010 |
| Volume: | Vol.73 |
| Number: | No.5 |
| Page Range: | pp. 858-882 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2010.00822.x |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/34884 |
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