Globalization and private law
Subtitle: the way forward
By: edited by Michael Faure, André van der Walt
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9781848447608
Subjects: Civil law; Law and globalization
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and editorial preface / Michael Faure and Andre van de Walt; title: Democracy and (European) private law : a functional approach / Jan M. Smits; title: Public accountability of translational rule making : a view from the European Union and beyond / Deirdre Curtin; title: Private law in a globalizing world : economic criteria for choosing the optimal regulatory level in a multi-level government system / Roger Van den Bergh; title: Globalization and harmonization of international trade law / Sieg Eiselen; title: The relation between private law and administrative law in view of globalization / Frits Stroink; title: Beyond parochialism? Transnational contextualization in constitutional interpretation in South Africa (with particular reference to jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court) / Lourens du Plessis; title: Globalization, state commercial activity and the transformation of administrative law / Geo Quinot; title: Globalization : selected developments in corporate law / Bas Steins Bisschop; title: Globalization and corporate law / Philip Sutherland; title: Civil procedure in a globalizing world / Remco van Rhee; title: Fundamental rights in private law : anchors or goals in a globalizing legal order? /  Siewert Lindenbergh; title: Globalization and multi-level governance of environmental harm / Michael Faure; title: The rule of law and judicial activism : obstacles for chaping the law to meet the demands of a civilized society, particularly in relation to climate change? / Jaap Spier; title: Comparative and concluding remarks / Michael Faure and Andre van der Walt.