Universality – a Principle of European and Global Constitutionalism

Authors

  • Markus Kotzur Universität Leipzig

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i6.79

Keywords:

Universality, European Constitutionalism, Global constitutionalism

Abstract

The universality of common moral values as well as common legal principles, giving rise to a step by step development of a basic legal order for all mankind, may very well be considered as a dangerously Euro-centric, presumptuous utopia. However, such a development seems to be the inevitable consequence of what is called globalisation. Therefore, rethinking the relationship between universality and cultural/historical particularity becomes all the more necessary.

Submission date: 02/02/2005
Acceptance date: 27/04/2005

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Author Biography

Markus Kotzur, Universität Leipzig

Associate Professor of Public, International and European Community Law en la Universidad de Leipzig. Obtuvo su “Abitur" en 1988, y cursó estudios en las Universidades de Freiburg, Bayreuth y Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (USA). En 2000 culminó su trabajo sobre Theoretical Framework of international and Human Rights Protection (Theorieelemente des internationalen Menschenrechtsschutzes, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin2001). En 2002 terminó su habilitación sobre el artículo 24 sec. 1a German Basic Law (Grenznachbarschaftliche Zusammenarbeit in Europa, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2004). Desde entonces, el autor ha impartido docencia en las Universidades de Cologne, Dresden, Würzburg, Leipzig y Münster, en Alemania, así como en Kaliningrad State University, en Russia. Sus líneas principales de investigación son Derecho Constitucional Comparado, Derecho Internacional Público, Derecho Comunitario Europeo y Derecho Constitucional Europeo, incluyendo la dimensión histórica y filosófica de la integración europea.

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Issue

No. 6 (2005): Historia Constitucional N. 6 (2005)

Section

Europe and United States of America

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