Rightful Relations with Distant Strangers: Kant, the EU, and the Wider World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781509941315)

This book provides a philosophical critique of legal relations between the EU and 'distant strangers' neither located within, nor citizens of, its Member States. Starting with the EU's commitment in Articles 3(5) and 21 TEU to advance democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in 'all its relations with the wider world', Ganesh examines in detail the salient EU and international legal materials and thereafter critiques them in the light of a theory of just global legal relations derived from Kant's philosophy of right. In so doing, Ganesh departs from comparable Kantian scholarship on the EU by centering the discussion not around the essay Toward Perpetual Peace, but around the Doctrine of Right, Kant's final and comprehensive statement of his general theory of law.

The book thus sheds light on areas of EU law (EU external relations law, standing to bring judicial review), public international law (jurisdiction, global public goods) and human rights (human rights jurisdiction), and also critiques the widespread identification of the EU as a Kantian federation of peace.

Author: Aravind Ganesh
ISBN-10: 1509941312
ISBN-13: 9781509941315
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2021
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d