Globalization, Violence and World Governance

Review "This is a provocative contribution to a very current debate."Anne Peters, Universität Basel"The growing frustration with collapsing ecosystems and dysfunctional governments make it timely to search for a bold alternative. This book delivers. The analysis is compelling, the call for world governance convincing. I don't know of anyone who brings philosophical scholarship more forcefully into international law than Laura Westra."Klaus Bosselmann, University of Auckland Product Description In this work Laura Westra draws our attention to the failure of international law to promote and protect the rights of society in the face of the ravages of neoliberal agendas in an era of globalization. This book outlines how international law is perhaps a misnomer, and at its core there is a great distance between laws as they are written and laws as they are implemented. About the Author Laura Westra, Ph.D. (1982) in Philosophy, University of Toronto, and Ph.D. (2005) in Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, currently teaches environmental law at the University of Windsor. She has published twenty-two monographs and collections on environmental justice and human rights issues and international law, and over 80 articles and chapters.