Dr Jorge Emilio Núñez
Reader in Legal Philosophy (Jurisprudence), Political Philosophy and International Relations
My profile
Biography
Jorge started his academic career teaching Introduction to Law in 1997 in his native Argentina (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). He moved to the United Kingdom where he was awarded his PhD in Law (Manchester). After teaching Jurisprudence in the School of Law, the University of Manchester, he joined MMU as a Lecturer in Law in 2013. He has also taught Law in Beijing, China-EU School of Law, in their Double Master Programme.
His research interests are varied but he is particularly keen on issues related to legal and political theory and public international law and relations. His latest book entitled “Territorial Disputes and State Sovereignty: International Law and Politics” (Routledge 2020) adopts a multi-disciplinary approach and opens new ground for research on territorial disputes. Many sovereignty conflicts remain unresolved around the world.
Current solutions in law, political science and international relations generally prove problematic to at least one of the agents part of these differences. Arguing that disputes are complex, multi-layered and multi-faceted, this book brings together a global, inter-disciplinary view of territorial disputes.
The book reviews the key conceptual elements central to legal and political sciences with regards to territorial disputes: state, sovereignty and self-determination. Looking at some of the current long-standing disputes worldwide, it compares and contrasts the many issues at stake and the potential remedies currently available in order to assess why some territorial disputes remain unresolved. Finally, it offers a set of guidelines for dispute settlement and conflict resolution that current remedies fail to provide.
Jorge has published worldwide several articles in three different languages—i.e. English, Spanish, and Russian. Furthermore, he has presented and delivered papers in several international seminars and congresses, mainly related to legal and political theory and international law. He is also member of several academic and professional organisations across the globe.
Specialism
- Jurisprudence
- Legal Theory, Philosophy of Law
- Political Theory
- Public International Law
- International Relations
- Latin American Studies
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
NUNEZ, J.E. (2023) Cosmopolitanism, State Sovereignty and International Law and Politics A Theory. Routledge.
Frenkel, D., Nunez, J. (2020) International Law and Social Justice. ATINER.
Núñez, J.E. (2020) Territorial Disputes and State Sovereignty: International Law and Politics. Routledge.
Núñez, J.E. (2017) Sovereignty conflicts and international law and politics: A distributive justice issue. Routledge.
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Chapters in books
Nunez, J. (2019) 'About the Impossibility of Absolute State Sovereignty. The Modern Era and the Early Legal Positivist Claim.' In Siliquini-Cinelli, L. (ed.) Legal Positivism in a Global and Transnational Age. Springer Nature, pp. 47-64.
Nunez, J. (2019) 'The Many Forces in Law: Rational, Physical and Psychological Coercion.' The Normative Force of the Factual: Legal Philosophy Between Is and Ought. Springer,
Nunez, J.E. (2016) 'The Force of Law: law and coercion, validity and effectiveness, and synergy.' In Bezemek, C., Ladavac, N. (ed.) The Force of Law Reaffirmed: Frederick Schauer meets the critics. Cham: Springer, pp. 107-120.
Nunez, J.E. (2016) 'Sovereignty Conflicts and the Desirability of a Peaceful Solution: Why Current International Remedies are not the Solution.' In Frenkel, D.A. (ed.) Selected Issues in Modern Jurisprudence. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research, pp. 191-214.
Nunez, J.E. (2015) 'Sovereignty Conflicts as a Distributive Justice Issue.' Selected Issues in Public Private Law. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research,
Nunez, J.E. (2011) 'The Origins of Sovereignty in the Hellenic World.' International Law, Conventions and Justice. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research,
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Journal articles
Nunez, J.E. (2017) 'A Solution to the Crimean Crisis: Egalitarian Shared Sovereignty applied to Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea.' Europe-Asia Studies, 69(8) pp. 1163-1183.
Nunez, J.E. (2017) 'The Forces in Law: Sanctions and Coercions.' Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy, 42(1) pp. 145-164.
Nunez, J.E. (2016) 'The logical analysis of law as a bridge between legal philosophical traditions.' Jurisprudence, 7(3) pp. 627-635.
Núñez, J.E. (2015) 'About the Impossibility of Absolute State Sovereignty: The Middle Ages.' International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 28(2) pp. 235-250.
Núñez, J.E. (2013) 'About the Impossibility of Absolute State Sovereignty: The Early Years.' International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 27(4) pp. 645-664.
Nunez, J.E. (2012) 'Normantive Systems as Law in Synergy: Validity and Effectiveness.' Philosophy of Law and State Responsibility,
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Conference papers
Nunez, J.E. (2015) 'Shared Sovereignty as Distributive Justice Problem. The Falkland's Case.' In UNLP and La Plata's Law Society Symposium. UNLP and La Plata's Law School, Argentina, 1/6/2015 - 1/6/2015.
Nunez, J.E. (2015) 'Resistance, Disobedience and Coercion.' In Bilkent University Conference. Department of Philosophy, Bilkent University, Ankara, 1/5/2015 - 1/5/2015.
Nunez, J.E. (2015) 'Juris North: A Legal and Political Philosophy.' In Discussion Group. MMU, Manchester, United Kingdom, 1/3/2015 - 1/3/2015.
Nunez, J.E. (2014) 'Dejuridification: Appearance and Disappearance of Law At Times of Crisis.' In UK IVR 2014. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom, 1/10/2014 - 1/10/2014.
Nunez, J.E. (2010) 'Dual Sovereignty and the Falkland Islands: A Problem of Distributive Justice.' In V Congress of International Relations. Institute of International Relations, UNLP, Argentina, 1/1/2010 - 1/1/2010.