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Towards a Constitution of the Earth

Humanity at the Crossroads

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Towards a Constitution of the Earth

Humanity at the Crossroads

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This book argues that an Earth Constitution is not a utopia: but in fact the only way to save the planet.

It goes on to say that an Earth Constitution would allow us to address the growth of inequality and the death of millions of people around the world from hunger and lack of medicines, to deal with the drama of forced migration, and to defend against the savage powers that threaten the security of entire populations with their nuclear weapons.

Table of Contents

Preface
Planning the Future
Introduction to the English Translation

Part One: Global Catastrophes
1. Humanity at the Crossroads: The Kantian Project
2. The Covid-19 Pandemic and its Lessons
3. Global Emergencies and Disasters
4. Systemic Crimes

Part Two: The Limits of Contemporary Constitutionalism
5. Global Constitutionalism: Making Universal Human Rights Come True
6. The Powerlessness of State Constitutionalism
7. Failure and Greatness of the United Nations Organization: Toward a Federation of the Earth
8. Primary and Secondary Institutions and Functions of Global Guarantee

Part Three: Taking Constitutionalism Beyond the State: Four Extensions of The Constitutional Paradigm
9. Making Constitutionalism Supranational
10. Establishing Constitutionalism's Rule over Markets
11. Constitutionalizing Goods: Guaranteeing Vital Goods, Protecting against Lethal Goods
12. The Possibility, Necessity and Urgency of a Constitution of the Earth: The True Utopia, The True Realism

Project Of A Constitution of the Earth: A Draft In One-Hundred Articles Proposed For Discussion
APPENDIX
Pacifism, Guarantism, Axiomatized Theory. Mapping the Crossroads, Pierluigi Chiassoni (Università di Genova, Italy)

Product details

Published Oct 01 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 256
ISBN 9781509998258
Imprint Hart Publishing
Dimensions 216 x 138 mm
Series Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Luigi Ferrajoli

Luigi Ferrajoli is Professor Emeritus of Philosoph…

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