Globalization and International Law

by David J. Bederman

Book Overview

The tension between global and local impulses in world order are dramatically played-out in the arena of world law. 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 objects are being pursued by globalism and to what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312294786
• ISBN13: 9780312294786
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"