On the Creation of a Global Peoples Assembly: Legitimacy and the Power of Popular Sovereignty

Author(s)

Andrew L. Strauss, University of DaytonFollow
Richard A. Falk, Princeton University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

Publication Source

Stanford Journal of International Law

Abstract

This article makes the theoretical case for a civil society-initiated Global Peoples Assembly (GPA) that would be popularly elected by the global citizenry. The authors argue that if civil society organizations were able to agree on a framework for a GPA and to hold popular elections, the assembly would be poised to become a singularly influential global institution. Exploring the dynamics of democratic legitimacy, and how it acts to empower political institutions, the article explores how an unofficially created GPA could gradually assume law-making powers.

ISBN/ISSN

0731-5082

Comments

Permission documentation on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 2000, Stanford Journal of International Law

Publisher

Stanford Journal of International Law

Volume

36

Issue

2

Place of Publication

Stanford, CA

eCommons Citation

Strauss, Andrew L. and Falk, Richard A., "On the Creation of a Global Peoples Assembly: Legitimacy and the Power of Popular Sovereignty" (2000). School of Law Faculty Publications. 8.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/law_fac_pub/8