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LAWS 4105

Global Justice Theory

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Selected theories of global justice as they pertain to legality, which may include questions such as the justice of military force and just war theory, global social justice and global inequality, sovereignty and cosmopolitan conceptions of justice, demands for global democracy and human rights.

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Course catalogue

2026

Readings

  • Brock, G. (2009). Global justice: a cosmopolitan account. Oxford University Press.
  • Brooks, T. (ed.). (2020). The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice. Oxford Handbooks.
  • Caney, S. (2005). Justice Beyond Borders: A Global Political Theory. Oxford University Press.
  • Miller, D. (2007). National Responsibility and Global Justice. Oxford University Press.
  • Rawls, J. (2002). The Law of Peoples. Harvard University Press.
  • Risse, M. (2012). On Global Justice. Princeton University Press.
  • Tan, K.-C. (2021). What is this thing called Global Justice? (2nd ed.). Routledge.
  • KNIESS, J. (2025). Internalist and Integrationist Theories of (Global) Justice. American Political Science Review, 119(3), 1322–1332. doi:10.1017/S0003055424001114
  • Rawls, J. (2002). The Law of Peoples. Harvard University Press. (Part I, p.: 11-54) Nagel, T. (2005). The Problem of Global Justice. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 33(2), 113–147.
  • Pogge, T. (2008). World poverty and human rights : cosmopolitan responsibilities and reforms. (2nd ed.). Polity. (Chapter 1)

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): LAWS 2105 , LAWS 2908 and fourth-year Honours standing. Seminars three hours a week.

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