The Public in Law

Contents: Editors' introduction; On the necessarily public character of law, Neil Walker. Part I Constituted Publics: Rediscovering 'the public': the curious case of Benjamin Constant, Christopher McCorkindale; Democracy, political parties and the will of the people, Andrew Maloney; Between contract and constitution: international organizations and the protection of global public interests, Richard Collins. Part II Unconstituted Publics: 'Unconstituted publics'?, Scott Veitch; A dilemma for the civil disobedient: pleading 'guilty' or 'not guilty' in the courtroom?, Piero Moraro; Justifying civil disobedience with reference to EU public consensus, Haris Psarras. Part III Excluded Publics: Excluded publics - included privates: the Janus-headed nature of the liberal public-private divide, Daniel Augenstein; The prisoner's right to vote: the creation of an abnormal and excluded public, Vanessa De Greef; Subjects to citizens: 'native' enfranchisement in reconstituting the imperial public of the British Empire c. 1887-1914, Coel Kirkby. Part IV Public/Private: The public/private dichotomy and the unity of capitalist (re-)production, Gregor Clunie; The public nature of private law, Claudio Michelon; Between the public and the private: banking law in 1830s England, Iain Frame; The public-ness of development in the World Trade Organisation, Stephanie Switzer. Part V Emerging Publics: the Role of the Victim in International Criminal Justice: The impact of the distinction between situations and cases on the participation of victims in the International Criminal Court, Ania Salinas and James Sloan; Addressing the interests of victims: perspectives from the office of the prosecutor, Olivia Swaak-Goldman; Victims' access to the International Criminal Court: much remains to be done, Gilbert Bitti and LeA-la Bourguiba; Index.