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Global governance

A new issue of Global Governance is out. Jeremy Waldron (NYU): A Religious View of the Foundations of International Law. By 2050, humanity could consume an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year — three times its current appetite — unless the economic growth rate is "decoupled" from the rate of natural resource consumption. Michael J. Perry (Emory): What is a "Human Right"? and The Grounds of Human Rights. From Foreign Policy, a special section on free trade and globalization. Elizabeth Burleson (FSU): Climate Justice: Making Sand Castles as the Tide Comes In. A review of Walled States, Waning Sovereignty by Wendy Brown. James Kraska (Naval War College): Broken Taillight at Sea: The Peacetime International Law of Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure. Does international law promote the peaceful settlement of international disputes? Simon Lester (Michigan): The Role of the International Trade Regime in Global Governance. Apocalypse Soon: It's 11:59 and soon there will be nine billion of us. Lillian Aponte Miranda (FIU): Indigenous Peoples as International Lawmakers. Save your money, United Nations — the developing world doesn't need broadband Internet to get ahead. Ian Hurd (Northwestern): Legitimacy at the United Nations. An interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe on the impracticality of one-world government and the failure of Western-style democracy. Shima Baradaran and Stephanie H. Barclay (BYU): Fair Trade and Child Labor. Mark Malloch Brown on some of the key ideas and institutions that helped develop globalisation. Sungjoon Cho (Chicago Kent): Reconstructing an International Organization: A Paradigm Shift in the World Trade Organization. World's freest nations: How do you measure liberty? No visa, no entry: How the US bars diplomats from the UN.