Book Review: A World Government? by Sabino Cassese (Global Law Press/Editorial Derecho Global, Sevilla, 2018)

Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 30/07/2019

6 Pages Posted: 6 Aug 2019

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Catarina Santos Botelho

Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Date Written: 2019

Abstract

Cassese brilliantly analyses searches for new paradigms of a global legal arena which rely neither on methodological nationalism (strict state sovereignty), nor on the search for a demos.

Administrative law is in the process of transitioning from two hundred years of an exclusively parochial approach to the brave new world of globalization. In the years ahead, such transition will require both new research directions and constant commitment in order not to fail. As Virgil warned Dante, when entering the bolgia of the thieves, he needed to cast off sloth because it prevents one from gaining fame, “without which he who consumes his life leaves such trace of himself on earth as smoke on air or foam on water” (sanza la qual chi sua vita consuma, cotal vestigio in terra di sé lascia, qual fummo in aere e in acqua la schiuma).

This enriching and forward-looking book will encourage more scholars to contribute to new lines of inquiry that augur well for the future of global administrative law and global constitutionalism.

Keywords: administrative law; global administrative law; global constitutionalism; global government; human rights

Suggested Citation

Santos Botelho, Catarina, Book Review: A World Government? by Sabino Cassese (Global Law Press/Editorial Derecho Global, Sevilla, 2018) (2019). Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, 30/07/2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3431041

Catarina Santos Botelho (Contact Author)

Porto Faculty of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa ( email )

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Porto, 4169-05
Portugal

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