The Tools of Law That Shape Capitalism: And How Altering Their Use Could Give Form to a More Just Society

By Koen Byttebier

Book Overview

The book provides a critical analysis of the legal mechanisms that help shape the capitalist system, and also makes proposals for deploying these tools in a different manner.Although often disguised in difficult legal jargon, in reality the main legal building blocks of the prevailing capitalist socio-economic system are simple, the most important being: (1) money; (2) the company form and (3) (neo)liberal state organization aimed at making markets as free as possible for the entrepreneurial sector. Having been used to create the socio-economic order over 2-3 centuries, the legal systems that helped shape capitalist societies around the globe have also contributed to a variety of fundamental problems that remain unaddressed by the capitalist system itself, such as ever-mounting public and private debt, pollution and climate change, an increasing polarization between rich and poor and a globally unjust fiscal order. By proposing alternative uses for the tools of law thatshape capitalism, the book also makes proposals for dealing with these matters.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303024184X
• ISBN13: 9783030241841
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"