Development in international law : a policy-oriented inquiry / by Qerim Qerimi.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-225) and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Delimitation of Problem and Clarification of Goals -- Conflicting Claims and Perspectives on Development -- Past Trends in Decision and Conditioning Factors -- Projection of Future Trends in Decision -- Appraisal, Alternative Solutions and Recommendations in the Global Common Interest: A Holistic Concept of Development -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendices: I Development-Related Instruments -- II Statistical Appendices -- Index.

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The dominant conceptions of development and the right thereto have been confined to narrow, sectoral interpretations focusing on economic matrices and collective entities such as the state or peoples. This book delimits these key notions of the public order of the 21st century in an entirely new fashion. Drawing on fundamental precepts of policy-oriented jurisprudence, this book offers a comprehensive and systematic study and redefinition of development and the right to development guided by the goal of maximum access by all to the processes of shaping and sharing of all things humans value, including, empirically, aspirations to power, wealth, well-being, affection, enlightenment, skills, respect, and rectitude. This new paradigm of development offers fertile ground for legal and policy responses designed to bring about a public order of human dignity in all parts of the planet. The book was awarded the Society of Policy Scientists 2012 Harold D. Lasswell Prize.