8.15pm, Wednesday 6th week (30th May)
Lower Lecture Theatre, Lincoln College
The decline of state sovereignty and its consequences with Chris Bickerton,
co-editor of 'Politics Without Sovereignty'.
The sovereign state is in bad shape. Thanks to fashionable notions of
international law, universal human rights, the need for world-wide environmental
action and humanitarian intervention, the belief that the sovereign state can do
what it wants within its own territory has been fatally undermined. But should
this development be welcomed? Does the destruction of state sovereignty mean the
introduction of arbitrary power in the international system? What right do
international bodies have to interfere with the internal business of any state?
Is state sovereignty more important than universal morality? Who, if anyone, is
accountable in this new age of supra-state power? Join the Hive for a lively and
stimulating discussion of these and other issues.
Wine provided. (Suggested donation £2)
Read more about Chris, and his article entited "This is where the buck stops" here.
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