No Citizens Here: Global Subjects and Participation in International Law

René Urueña, Professor and Director of the International Law Program, Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). He earned his doctorate in law at the University of Helsinki (eximia cum laude, 2010), and has published widely on international law and global governance.

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION. WELCOME TO GLOBAL GOVERNANCE 2.0; The argument in brief; The book’s organization; PART ICHAPTER 1. AN ENORMOUS ARCHIPELAGO OF SELF-CONTAINED SUBJECTIVITIESIntroductionA.Risk societies, or how uncertainty paves the path to global governance B.Subjectivation in risk society C.Governance in the context of extreme uncertainty D.International law constitutes global subjects E.Fragmented law constitutes fragmented subjects F.Beyond citizenship G.Defining global governance and limiting the scopeH.ConclusionCHAPTER 2. IN SEARCH OF INTERNATIONAL HOMO ECONOMICUSIntroduction A.The expansion of international economic lawB.Risk society and international economic lawC.Subjectivation in international economic lawD.Homo economicus in practice: The case international investment lawE.ConclusionCHAPTER 3. EMPTY SOULS: SUBJECTIVATION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IntroductionA.The expansion of the international human rights lawB.Risk society and human rights lawC.The Individualism of Human Rights LawD.The subjectivation process in Human Rights Law, Phase One: Agency and Dignity E.The subjectivation process in Human Rights Law, Phase Two: Bureaucratization and expertise as technologies of subjectivation. F.ConclusionPART IICHAPTER 4. COMMUNAL SUBJECTS: SUBJECTIVATION IN GLOBAL LAWIntroductionA.Backlash! Global constitutionalism and Global Administrative Law as a reaction to fragmentationB.Unintended consequences: The birth of the communal subjectC.Diverging notion of “community” and subjectivationD.Further Steps: Subjectivation through participation in global governanceMETHODOLOGICAL INTERMEZZO: PARTICIPATION AS A TECHNOLOGY OF SUBJECTIVATION IN GLOBAL LAWA.Sense and methodology B.Unpacking participation as an analytical unitC.Legitimacy as the ultimate justification of participation D.End of the intermezzoCHAPTER 5. PARTICIPATION AND SUBJECTIVATION BY GLOBAL JUDICIAL BODIESIntroductionA.Communal subjectivation at the International Court of JusticeB.Communal subjectivation in foreign investment arbitrationC.Communal subjectivation in dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization D.ConclusionCHAPTER 6 .PARTICIPATION AND SUBJECTIVATION BY GLOBAL NON-JUDICIAL BODIESIntroductionA.Subjectivation and participation before intergovernmental organizations: The NGO experienceB.Subjectivation and participation before the European UnionC.Subjectivation and participation before regulatory networks D.ConclusionCHAPTER 7. SUBJECTIVATION AND EXPERTISE AS A TECHNOLOGY OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCEIntroductionA.Reconnecting humanity with global governanceB.Agency in subjectivation, revisited C.How to start thinking about expertise in global governance?D.ConclusionNO CITIZENS HERE: BY WAY OF CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX.