John Rawls e o retorno à ideia de soberania popular

Abstract

The interpretation of the sovereignty concept has undergone mutations throughout its history that has also accompanied the genesis and evolution of the nation-state. Today, the understanding of it is relatively different from that which was theorized by Bodin. Due to changes in the international order with the proliferation of supranational and supra-state organizations, globalization of the economy, politics and markets, as well as international law, their absolute meaning has also become questionable. It is in this context that Rawls, following the transformations that took place at the political level but above all in international law, defends a sovereignty limited by a People’s Law for the societies that make up the Society of Peoples. This article aims to demonstrate that the idea of a World Society of Peoples (liberal or decent), leads Rawls back to the idea of popular sovereignty in a perspective very similar to that defended by Rousseau.

Keywords

• Soberania
• Posição Original
• Sociedade dos Povos
• John Rawls
• J. J. Rousseau