A World Government?

There are now many features of a new world order: the circulation

of concepts, techniques, rules; the development of global epistemic communities; an increasing mix of national and supranational institutions; the formation of more horizontal links among States, which do not disappear, but rather become accountable to one other; the generalization of common usages and rules. Overall, this is conventionally called globalization.

Globalization is the major development in the field of public law in

the second half of the twentieth century. It has evolved according to an incremental pattern. First, it was applied to peace and human rights (the United Nations); then, to areas such as the sea, nuclear waste, health, labor, the environment. Subsequently, it was applied to trade, and, finally, to global terrorism and global crises. The process of globalization has been piecemeal, and globalization has developed through crises and unbalances, by accretion and accumulation.

Globalization is the major development in the field of public law in the second half of the twentieth century. It has evolved according to an incremental pattern. First, it was applied to peace and human rights (The United Nations); then, to areas such as the sea, nuclear waste, health, labor, the environment.
Sabino Cassese. Justice Emeritus of the Italian Constitutional Court and Emeritus professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa. He teaches at the Luiss University - School of Government, Rome. Since 1961, has served as professor at the Universities of Urbino, Naples, and Rome. In 1993-94 he was a member of the Italian Government and from 2005 to 2014 Justice at the Italian Constitutional Court. Sabino Cassese has received a doctor honoris causa degree from eight universities: Aix-en-Provence (1987), Cordoba (1995), Paris II (1998), Castilla-La Mancha (2002), Athens (2002), Macerata (2002), European University Institut (2010) and Roma La Sapienza (2016). Among his recent publications: Research Handbook on Global Administrative Law (2016, Elgar, editor); Lezioni sul meridionalismo (2016, Il Mulino, editor); Territori e Potere, (2016, il Mulino), La Democrazia e i suoi limiti (2017, Mondadori); The Administrative State (2017, Oxford University Press, editor).