The health of nations society and law beyond the state - Allott, Philip (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Society and law : The will to know and the will to power. Theory and moral responsibility -- The phenomenon of law -- Globalisation from above. Actualising the ideal through law -- The nation as mind politic. The making of the public mind -- New Enlightenment. The public mind of all-humanity -- 2. European society and its law : European governance and the re-branding of democracy -- The crisis of European constitutionalism. Reflections on a half-revolution -- The concept of European Union. Imagining -- The conversation that we are. The seven lamps of European unity -- 3. International society and its law : The concept of international law -- International law and the idea of history -- Intergovernmental societies and the idea of constitutionalism -- International law and the international Hofmafia. Towards a sociology of diplomacy -- International law and international revolution. Reconceiving the world
Globalisation challenges our traditional social structures, with international systems such as the European Union, taking power over the power of states and governments. We must rethink the ideas which have made our national systems work. Allott seeks to develop these ideas in new ways to meet the new global challenges