Private power and global authority : transnational merchant law in the global political economy / A. Claire Cutler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cutler, A. Claire, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 90.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law merchant.

International economic relations.

International relations--Economic aspects.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Private Power & Global Authority

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Transnational merchant law, which is mistakenly regarded in purely technical and apolitical terms, is a central mediator of domestic and global political/legal orders. By engaging with literature in international law, international relations and international political economy, this 2003 book develops the conceptual and theoretical foundations for analyzing the political significance of international economic law. In doing so, it illustrates the private nature of the interests that this evolving legal order has served over time. The book makes a sustained and comprehensive analysis of transnational merchant law and offers a radical critique of global capitalism.

Contents:

Introduction

Conceptualizing the role of law in the global political economy

Theorizing the role of law in the global political economy

Medieval lex mercatoria

State-building: constituting the public sphere and disembedding the private sphere

The modern law merchant and the mercatocracy

Conclusion: transnational law merchant and global authority: a crisis of legitimacy.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-293) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-80996-2

1-107-13802-7

0-511-55030-8

0-511-83864-6

1-107-32163-8

1-107-31624-3

1-107-31806-8

1-107-31720-7

1-299-39935-5

1-107-31526-3