The law of the global economy and the spectre of inequality

IF 0.8 Q2 LAW
I. Venzke
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Abstract

Drawing on my inaugural lecture, I argue that the spectre of inequality haunts international law. The presence of the spectre first of all draws attention to what is rotten in the global economic order: how the law of the global economy has contributed to high levels of inequality while, at the same time, abdicating responsibility for it. Second, like all spectres, international law’s spectre of inequality is animated by a spirit, the spirit of social justice. It points to forsaken paths, lost memories and conjures up past possibilities that were not realized. Third, the spectre endures unless we give in and break with current repetitions. It directs those in search of progressive change towards productive contradictions within global order. Those contradictions are indeed carriers of hope. They offer reason to believe that the future is open. Engaging with the spectre of inequality in international law turns out to be much less daunting than failing to do so.
全球经济的规律和不平等的幽灵
根据我的就职演讲,我认为不平等的幽灵困扰着国际法。幽灵的出现首先引起了人们对全球经济秩序中腐朽事物的关注:全球经济法如何导致了高度的不平等,同时又放弃了对此的责任。其次,与所有幽灵一样,国际法对不平等的幽灵是由一种精神,即社会正义精神所激发的。它指向被遗弃的道路,失去的记忆,并唤起过去未实现的可能性。第三,除非我们屈服并打破当前的重复,否则幽灵将持续存在。它引导那些寻求渐进变革的人走向全球秩序中的生产性矛盾。这些矛盾确实是希望的载体。他们提供了相信未来是开放的理由。与不这样做相比,参与国际法中不平等的幽灵并没有那么可怕。
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