Globalization and international law / David J. Bederman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bederman, David J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xviii, 244 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Globalization has come to mean all things to all people, but its legal aspects have been largely ignored, even though its ambit includes the permissible realm of all international legal regulation. This short volume develops a set of provocative theses: globalism is not new; it is neither legally inevitable nor irreversible; and international legal systems and institutions can assert only a special and limited influence on globalizing developments. The book considers what legal objectives are being pursued by globalism and to what ends. Are globalizing trends for international law likely to continue? What are the legitimate limits of these legal and regulatory institutions? This book will be of interest to international relations specialists, scholars, practitioners of international law, and proponents and critics of globalization alike.

Contents:

A short history of world law

Today's globalism

Challenges for globalism and world law

Values for world law.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-233) and index.

ISBN:

0312294786

9780312294786

0312294913

9780312294915

OCLC:

149401735