Week 13

Pressing Challenges II

Session 25: Climate Crisis

Required readings:

  • Caney, Simon. “Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change.” Leiden Journal of International Law [Cambridge, UK], vol. 18, no. 4, 2005, pp. 747–75.

Recommended readings:

  • Mayer, Benoit. “Climate Change Mitigation as an Obligation Under Human Rights Treaties?” The American Journal of International Law [New York, USA], vol. 115, no. 3, 2021, pp. 409–51
Unknown (formerly attributed to Albert Pinkham Ryder), Autumn Meadows, 1912–17. Oil on canvas mounted on wood, 53.3 × 43.8 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public domain.

Session 26: Global Authoritarianism

Required readings:

  • Cooley, Alexander. “Authoritarianism Goes Global: Countering Democratic Norms.” Journal of Democracy, vol. 26, no. 3, 2015, pp. 49–63

 Recommended readings:

  • Haggard, Stephan, and Robert Kaufman. “The Anatomy of Democratic Backsliding.” Journal of Democracy [Baltimore], vol. 32, no. 4, 2021, pp. 27–41.