Prestigious University awarded PhD to Vice-President of TLU Law School
One of the most prestigious universities in the world, King’s College in London, awarded Indrek Grauberg, Vice-President of Tallinn University Law School, a doctoral degree on 1 November. Indrek Grauberg’s doctoral thesis "Sovereignty in International Law and Politics: Theory and Practice" disserts the problems of sovereignty, which have been present in political philosophy and international law since the 17th century.
One of the most prestigious universities in the world, King’s College in London, awarded Indrek Grauberg, Vice-President of Tallinn University Law School, a doctoral degree on 1 November.
Indrek Grauberg’s doctoral thesis "Sovereignty in International Law and Politics: Theory and Practice" disserts the problems of sovereignty, which have been present in political philosophy and international law since the 17th century.
The contemporary world has changed radically since the Modern Age. Is national sovereignty as the political and legal pillar of the modern state disappearing from the globalising and postmodernising world? What kind of differences surface in the international political self-determination of Europe and America? What kind of relations will the new European countries cultivate with the ‘Old Europe’ and the US? How should national sovereignty and global peace be ensured in general?
The main objective of the research is a comparative analysis of sovereignty in the modern and postmodern paradigm, taking account of the globalising world. The main questions of interest in the research are: 1) If and how is the theoretical-philosophical aspect of the modern notion of sovereignty collapsing in the contemporary globalising and postmodernising society? 2) What has become of sovereignty within the framework of the paradigms of modern and postmodern international law, both in theory and practice? 3) Is the European Union the undermining of sovereignty or its creator in a new context? 4) Is intervention in national sovereignty for the protection of human rights and freedoms as well as world peace neoimperialism, which can seriously jeopardise sovereignty and multicultural diversity in the modern globalising world?
Indrek Grauberg’s doctoral thesis was supervised by Professor Lord Raymond Plant King's College London, The Dickson Poon School of Law, and his opponents were Professor Nigel White from Nothingham University and Professor Lord Meghnad Desai from London School of Economics.
King’s College London ranked 8th in Europe and 19th in one of the world's biggest universities ranking lists, QS World University Rankings.