tailieunhanh - THE HEALTH OF NATIONS Society and Law beyond the State

The landscape ofthe human world is changing. A social animal is be- coming a social species. Human social consciousness is becoming the social consciousness ofthe whole human species. Among all the species ofsocial animals, one species is becoming the social species. | The Health of Nations Society and Law beyond the State PHILIP ALLOTT This page intentionally left blank THE HEALTH OF NATIONS Society and Law beyond the State The human world is changing. Old social structures are being overwhelmed by forces of social transformation which are sweeping across political and cultural frontiers. A social animal is becoming the social species. The animal that lives in packs and herds family corporation nation state . is becoming a member of a human society which is the society ofall human beings the society ofall societies. The age-old problems of social life - reiigious philosophical moral political legal economic - must now be addressed at the level of the whole species at the level where all cultures and traditions meet and will contribute to an exhilarating and hazardous new form of human self-evolving. In this book Philip Allott explores the social and legal implications and potentialities of hlm I leel loimien in llie 1 íght of hhe rare l theory of mcit ly and Iww winch és p opored m lib r oo LI 11 ell i m h 111 pg Eunomia New Order for a New World. PHILIP allott is Professor of International Public Law in the University of Cambridge nd a fellow of Tri nitV Coilege .lamlidgge. Ile was formerly a Legal Counsellor in the British Foreign and Commonwealth .