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Idea of Liberalism,

Globalization andState Sovereignty

Team



Are Liberalization and Globalization threatto sovereignty?



Liberalism

Has deep roots: in classical antiquity Sacred Documents like Ramayana stresses upon

the idea of Liberal Values. in the constitutional struggles against monarchy, in the struggle for religious toleration in Europe as

well as in India.

in the fight for rights and against serfdomand slavery



The Liberal Tradition

rests on ThreeSupporting Legs

Individual Rights

Spontaneous

Order Constitutionally

LimitedGovernment



Each Leg Supports the Othersto Make Liberalism a StableSystem

When rights are welldefined and legallysecure, society isMORE, not less,

orderly Limited Government

defines and protectsrights, but does notseek to create order

directly



Globalization and Liberalism

Definition:

Globalization refers to the diminution or

elimination of state-enforced restrictionson exchanges across borders and theincreasingly integrated and complexglobal system of production andexchange that has emerged as a result.



Accordingly, Globalization is anapplication of liberal principles

The application of the right to freedom

of trade and travel The application of global standards of

equal rights and the growth of an

international consensus againstviolence and oppression



Sovereignty is the quality of having

supreme, independent authority over ageographic area, such as a territory.

It can be found in a power to rule and makelaw that rests on a political fact for which nopurely legal explanation can be provided



As such, the sovereign is

defined to be the source

of law and thereforeabove the law



Is Sovereignty CompatibleWith Liberalism?



Lawyers and PoliticalScientists Distinguishbetween External

Sovereignty and Internal Sovereignty



External Sovereignty Helps

to Diminish Armed ConflictsAmong States and is an

Element of a LiberalInternational Order



Internal Sovereignty isInherently Illiberal: The

liberal ideal is the“Rechtsstaat”-- the law-

governed state, in whichthe law is supreme, notthe state



We can see the two uses of theterm at work in events in Iraq

External sovereigntywas violated throughthe decision to wage

war (just as Saddamhad earlier violated theexternal sovereignty ofIran and Kuwait)

Internal sovereignty is

being debated; will theconstitution and the ruleof law be supreme, orwill the rule of men besupreme?



Externally, the Sovereignty ofIraq Was Violated by Invasion



Internally, Iraqis Are Attempting to

Substitute a Law-Governed State for

a Lawless State



To Foster the Rule of Law and Limited

GovernmentTo Overcome Nationalism, Religious

Extremism, the Resource Curse, and OtherChallenges and Foster a World of:

Peace (respecting the idea of externalsovereignty)

The Rule of Law (undermining the idea of internalsovereignty)

Freedom and Toleration (respecting the rights of

the individual)

A Challenge for Liberal Scholarship, Intelligence, and

Courage



Thank You



Team Members

Vishesh Saxena 08NA1001

Keshav Ratan 09EX2010