This book examines the way in which globalisation has affected our thinking about sovereignty, human rights, law and legitimacy.

Introduction; 1. Sovereignty in the context of globalization: a constitutional pluralist approach; 2. Constitutionalism and political form: rethinking federation; 3. International human rights, sovereignty and global governance: toward a new political conception; 4. Sovereignty and human rights in 'post conflict' constitution-making: toward a jus post-bellum for 'interim occupations'; 5. Security council activism in the 'war on terror': legality and legitimacy reconsidered; Conclusion.

Jean L. Cohen is Nell and Herbert Singer Professor of Contemporary Civilization and Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University where she has been teaching international political theory and courses on sovereignty, the state and global justice for over ten years. She is the author of Class and Civil Society: The Limits of Marxian Critical Theory (1982), Civil Society and Political Theory (co-authored with Andrew Arato, 1992) and Regulating Intimacy: A New Legal Paradigm (2002).