Can the democratic world parliament (DWP) make laws in any area of life at all?
The democratic world parliament (DWP) will have a specific, defined jurisdiction, like any parliament. Its main purpose is to provide security for all people, mostly against war, but also against those who would harm the shared environment, against those who would deny our human rights or those who would oppose or block efforts at establishing global justice. There will be many jurisdictional conflicts with national governments, but such is the messiness of democracy. And it may take a century to reach a “comfort level” where most people agree on what issues are properly and best handled by which level of government. The principle of “subsidiarity” must be in play, and that principle is to the effect that all political issues should be handled by the lowest competent level of governance—meaning that the DWP must not interfere with lower levels of government that are coping with matters within their jurisdictions.
