A cosmopolitan law created by cosmopolitan citizens

the Kantian project today

Soraya Nour Sckell

pp. 593-615

in: The Palgrave Kant handbook, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Abstract

Nour Sckell introduces the concept of cosmopolitan law by Kant as law that considers the human being as a citizen of the world regardless of her/his state. She analyzes how international law currently protects freedom formally on the cosmopolitan level in case of two instruments: the individual petition for human rights issues and individual responsibility for international crimes (which Kant had in view with his concept of "cosmopolitan law"). From this analysis, she shows that the Kantian concept of freedom in cosmopolitan law must be intrinsically linked to equality and identity issues as well as to the concept of a cosmopolitan citizenship as a practice of cross-border associations in political struggles.

Cited authors

Kant Immanuel