Alexander Somek is the Charles E. Floete Chair in Law at the University of Iowa. Somek is the author of a number of books including Individualism: An Essay on the Authority of the European Union, Engineering Equality: An Essay on European Anti-Discrimination Law, and numerous articles. His major areas of research are European Union Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Public International Law, and Jurisprudence.

Somek's diagnosis of the current state of constitutional theorizing is at once compelling and provocative. What is truly remarkable about this book is the way Somek links debates about constitutionalism to global forces in a way no one else does. This is an extraordinary achievement. Even if one disagrees with the thesis, the arguments must be taken seriously. No one else in constitutional or legal theory is writing anything like this. Quite simply, this is a book no one can ignore.

• Introduction ; 1. One Point Zero: Powers ; 2. Two Point Zero: Recognition ; 3. Dignity and Emancipation ; 4. Three Point Zero: Transcendence ; 5. The Two Faces of the Cosmopolitan Constitution

Alexander Somek is the Charles E. Floete Chair in Law at the University of Iowa. Somek is the author of a number of books including Individualism: An Essay on the Authority of the European Union, Engineering Equality: An Essay on European Anti-Discrimination Law, and numerous articles. His major areas of research are European Union Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Public International Law, and Jurisprudence.

Somek's diagnosis of the current state of constitutional theorizing is at once compelling and provocative. What is truly remarkable about this book is the way Somek links debates about constitutionalism to global forces in a way no one else does. This is an extraordinary achievement. Even if one disagrees with the thesis, the arguments must be taken seriously. No one else in constitutional or legal theory is writing anything like this. Quite simply, this is a book no one can ignore.

• Introduction ; 1. One Point Zero: Powers ; 2. Two Point Zero: Recognition ; 3. Dignity and Emancipation ; 4. Three Point Zero: Transcendence ; 5. The Two Faces of the Cosmopolitan Constitution

Alexander Somek is the Charles E. Floete Chair in Law at the University of Iowa. Somek is the author of a number of books including Individualism: An Essay on the Authority of the European Union, Engineering Equality: An Essay on European Anti-Discrimination Law, and numerous articles. His major areas of research are European Union Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Public International Law, and Jurisprudence.

Somek's diagnosis of the current state of constitutional theorizing is at once compelling and provocative. What is truly remarkable about this book is the way Somek links debates about constitutionalism to global forces in a way no one else does. This is an extraordinary achievement. Even if one disagrees with the thesis, the arguments must be taken seriously. No one else in constitutional or legal theory is writing anything like this. Quite simply, this is a book no one can ignore.

• Introduction ; 1. One Point Zero: Powers ; 2. Two Point Zero: Recognition ; 3. Dignity and Emancipation ; 4. Three Point Zero: Transcendence ; 5. The Two Faces of the Cosmopolitan Constitution