The Rights of Others: Aliens, Residents, and CitizensCambridge University Press, 2004 M11 25 - 251 pages The Rights of Others examines the boundaries of political community by focusing on political membership. |
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... concepts of sovereignty , monopoly over territory is exercised through immigration and citizenship policies . It is estimated that , whereas in 1910 roughly 33 million individuals lived in countries other than their own as migrants , by ...
... concepts of sovereignty , monopoly over territory is exercised through immigration and citizenship policies . It is estimated that , whereas in 1910 roughly 33 million individuals lived in countries other than their own as migrants , by ...
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... concept of crimes against humanity , first articu- lated by the Allied powers in the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals , stipulates that there are certain norms in accor- dance with which state officials as well as private ...
... concept of crimes against humanity , first articu- lated by the Allied powers in the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals , stipulates that there are certain norms in accor- dance with which state officials as well as private ...
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... concept of “ democratic iterations " to show how commitments to context - transcending constitu- tional and international norms can be mediated with the will of democratic majorities . Democratic iterations are complex pro- cesses of ...
... concept of “ democratic iterations " to show how commitments to context - transcending constitu- tional and international norms can be mediated with the will of democratic majorities . Democratic iterations are complex pro- cesses of ...
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... concept ; it is not merely self - referential . Defining the identity of the democratic people is an ongoing process of constitutional self - creation . While the paradox that those who are not members of the demos will remain affected ...
... concept ; it is not merely self - referential . Defining the identity of the democratic people is an ongoing process of constitutional self - creation . While the paradox that those who are not members of the demos will remain affected ...
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... concept of just membership by engaging with contemporary neo - Kantian theories of global justice . I begin with a consideration of John Rawls's The Law of Peoples , and analyze why migration is relegated to aspects of non - ideal ...
... concept of just membership by engaging with contemporary neo - Kantian theories of global justice . I begin with a consideration of John Rawls's The Law of Peoples , and analyze why migration is relegated to aspects of non - ideal ...
Contents
On hospitality rereading Kants cosmopolitan right | 25 |
The right to have rights Hannah Arendt on the contradictions of the nationstate | 49 |
The Law of Peoples distributive justice and migrations | 71 |
Transformations of citizenship the European Union | 129 |
Democratic iterations the local the national and the global | 171 |
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Page 7 - Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights...
Page 11 - ... Despite the crossborder character of these rights, the Declaration upholds the sovereignty of individual states. Thus a series of internal contradictions between universal human rights and territorial sovereignty are built into the logic of the most comprehensive international law documents in our world. The Geneva Convention of 1951 Relating to the Status of Refugees and its Protocol added in 1967 are the second most important international legal documents governing crossborder movements.
Page 7 - Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination...