Globalisation and the Rule of Law reassesses the idea of the rule of lawwithin the present complex and increasingly internationalized environment.There have bee... » 

Globalisation and the Rule of Law reassesses the idea of the rule of lawwithin the present complex and increasingly internationalized environment.There have been many books studying the phenomenon of globalization and itseconomic social or cultural consequences. This book however is the first torelate globalization exclusively to law. It examines the impact ofglobalization upon the rule of law a fundamental value within liberaldemocratic sovereign states.The book opens with three chapters discussing the theory of the rule of law andits necessary reconceptualization in a global environment. Then in threesections considering global trade security and human rights it proposes newways of thinking about global law and its application in new and existinginstitutions of global governance. Contributors include topflight academicspoliticians and judges making this book significant and relevant in bothjurisprudential theory and political practice. «