Globalization, Violence and World Governance -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One Globalization and World Governance: A Preliminary Discussion -- Introduction: Understanding the Impact of Globalization -- A Preliminary Discussion of the Possibility of a World State -- Some Difficulties with "World State Institutions" -- Teleology and Causal Explanations: The Better Alternative -- From Biological to Social Systems? -- Complex Systems and the Problem of Surprises -- European Citizenship: A Blueprint for Cosmopolitanism? Identity and Democracy -- A World State Reconsidered -- Chapter Two Globalization as "Plunder", "Exploitation" and "Ecoviolence": A Causal Analysis -- Introduction -- Chimni on a Marxist Course for International Law -- The "Right to Development"? -- Introduction to the History of Development and International Law -- Chimni on Sen, Development and International Law -- "Exploitation": A Marxist Category? -- "Plunder" and Covert Illegality -- From Economics to Biological Integrity: The Case for Ecoviolence -- State Responsibility for Environmental Harms and its Difficulties -- Ecoviolence and the Responsibility to Protect -- Sovereignty as Responsibility: The Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty -- Chapter Three Hazards, Ecoviolence and the Need for World Law -- Introduction to the Possibility of New Organizations for Protection from Collective Hazards -- A World Environment Organization: A Better Approach to the Protection of Collective Human Rights? -- Some Preliminary Considerations -- UNEO: Another Proposal for Global Environmental Governance -- "Employing Public Health for Global Justice"? -- Globalization and Public Health: The Disappearance of State Responsibility in International Law.

A "Lawless World" and Global Warming: Environmental Harms and Domestic Law -- Water as Danger and the Negative Consequences of Climate Change -- The Kivalina Complaint and "Civil Conspiracy Allegations" -- Connecticut et al. v. American Electric Power Company et al.: New Hope in Old Doctrines -- The Parens Patriae Doctrine: An Old Principle and a Novel Application -- The Public Trust Doctrine: A Discussion -- Chapter Four Cosmopolitanism and Neoliberal Democracy in Conflict -- Introduction: Adopt World Governance or Modify Existing Institutions? -- State Sovereignty Revisited -- Plan Colombia and the Indigenous Peoples of the Colombia-Ecuador Border Region -- A Brief Overview of the Constitutional Protection Available for the Environment in Colombia and Ecuador -- The State and Neoliberal Globalization: Democracy v. Principles and Jus Cogens Norms -- The Limits of Legal Positivism for World Governance -- The Content and Limits of Jus Cogens -- Attacks on the Human Person -- Ecocrimes as Forms of Genocide: A Possible Way to Link Environmental Crimes and Jus Cogens -- Jus Cogens and Erga Omnes Obligations in Defence of the Collective -- Current Use of Jus Cogens: Advisory Opinion on Genocide and Bosnia-Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia -- The Reality of International Law v. Cosmopolitanism -- Chapter Five The Right to Water: Israel v. Palestine (A Case Study) -- Introduction -- Self-Determination, State-Making and Collective Rights: Israel and Palestine -- The Role of the United Nations and Collective Human Rights -- The Influence of the Early History of the United Nations -- National Protection and Religious Beliefs: Israeli Policies and the Palestinians -- "National Protection" and the Case of Operation Cast Lead -- "Water is a Human Right": International Law v. Policies of Denial -- International Law in Palestine and the Implications of the Right to Water.

The Politics of "Plunder" -- Genocide or Crimes Against Humanity? -- Ratner's Approach: Comparing "Evils" -- Crimes Against Humanity Reconsidered -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six The United Nations and International Law: Is World Governance the Way Forward? -- Introduction: Globalization and Legal Violence-A Review of Some Problems -- Neoliberal Democracies and Human Rights: Neglected Customary Law Requirements -- The Current Responsibility of States for Human Rights -- "In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All" -- Aggression and Terrorism in International Law: Violence Beyond Plunder -- From 1972 to 2005: Working on an Impossible Definition -- The Issues: Terrorism and Collective Rights -- Global Governance and the Imposition of "External Constitutions" on States -- Global Governance for Collective Security -- Fairness in Institutions and the Role of the Security Council -- A World State? The Possibility of Global Change in Governance -- The European Union: A Model for a World State? -- Cosmopolitanism and Global Change: The Need for "Dual Democracy"? -- Appendix I List of Cases -- Appendix II List of Documents -- References -- Index.