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Globalization and private law : the way forward / edited by Michael Faure and Andre van der Walt.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil law.
- Law and globalization.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (508 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This timely book explores the relationship between private law and globalization. It examines the consequences of the fact that law making now takes place in a globalized world which increasingly leads to questions of accountability and legitimacy of the law making process.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction and editorial preface; Chapter 1: Democracy and (European) private law: a functional approach; Chapter 2: Public accountability of transnational rule making: a view from the European Union and beyond; Chapter 3: Private law in a globalizing world: economic criteria for choosing the optimal regulatory level in a multi-level government system; Chapter 4: Globalization and harmonization of international trade law; Chapter 5: The relation between private law and administrative law in view of globalization
- Chapter 6: Beyond parochilaism? Transnational contextualization in constitutional interpretation in South Africa (with particular reference to jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court)Chapter 7: Globalization, state commercial activity and the transformation of administrative law; Chapter 8: Globalization: selected developments in corporate law; Chapter 9: Globalization and corporate law; Chapter 10: Civil procedure in a globalizing world; Chapter 11: Fundamental rights in private law: anchors or goals in a globalizing legal order?
- Chapter 12: Globalization and multi-level governance of environmental harmChapter 13: The rule of law and judicial activism: obstacles for shaping the law to meet the demands of a civilized society, particularly in relation to climate change?; Chapter 14: Comparative and concluding remarks; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-34070-4
- 9786613340702
- 1-84980-521-0
- OCLC:
- 670072195
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