ABSTRACT

What remains of sovereignty today? Over the last few years, sovereignty has become an endangered concept. Each of the themes examined so far is eating away at the sovereign edifice. Humanity’s law, cosmopolitanism, international law, universal jurisdiction, humanitarian wars and imperial violence are all involved in a concerted attack on sovereignty. The apparent conflict between sovereignty and rights is being resolved in favour of morality. Sovereignty has degraded, it is passing away and is replaced by humanity.