Aspects of sovereignty : Sino-Swedish reflections / / edited by Per Sevastik.

• Superior document: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library, v. 42
• TeilnehmendeR: Sevastik, Per.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 42.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.; Includes index.

The overall objective of this unique volume is to understand what effects globalisation has had on the traditional views of sovereignty, seen from a Chinese and European, primarily Swedish, perspective. Does the cultural-historical approach have any value in China today or is it only seen as political reminiscence with very little real effects in the wake of globalisation? What are the differences between different understandings of sovereignty in different parts of the world? How has the concept changed generally because of a different international structure, with for example regional integration gaining in importance not least in Europe? These are some of the underlying questions being addressed in this anthology. The authors are Chinese and Swedish scholars who offer reflections from the perspective of legal philosophy, public international law, international human rights law, economic law and international relations.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Per Sevastik -- Sovereignty's implications for China : then and now / Junwu Pan -- Some aspects on the effects of human rights law and its implications on international law / Per Sevastik -- Sovereignty and transnational investments / Par Hallstrom -- Regional integration and sovereignty : the sum is more than its parts? / Katrin Nyman-Metcalf -- Hong Kong's sub-sovereign status and its external relations / Simon Shen -- Intertwined sovereignties and the problem of legitimate opposition in the European Union / Sverker Gustavsson -- The horizontal state : states and agencies in a world without boundaries / Bo Wennstrom -- The end of state sovereignty? : from a Chinese perspective / Zewei Yang.