Features [Abstracts]

Excesses of Responsibility: The Limits of Law and the Possibilities of Politics [Abstract] | Kirsten Ainley | 12/15/2011
Since 1945 responsibility for atrocity has been individualized, and international tribunals and courts have been given effective jurisdiction over it. This article argues that the move to individual responsibility leaves significant "excesses" of responsibility for war crimes unaccounted for.
Cosmopolitan Democracy: Paths and Agents [Abstract] | Daniele Archibugi, David Held | 12/15/2011
This article shows that there are a variety of paths that could lead to more democratic global governance, and that there are a diversity of political, economic and social agents that have an interest in the pursuit of cosmopolitan democracy.