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Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) A. Claire Cutler
SeriesCambridge Studies in International Relations
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:328
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 154
Category/GenrePolitical economy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521533973
ClassificationsDewey:341.75
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 August 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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, the author develops the conceptual and theoretical foundations for analyzing the political significance of international economic law. In doing so, she 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.

Author Biography

A. Claire Cutler is Associate Professor of International Relations and Law at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. She is joint editor of Private Authority and International Affairs (1999) and Canadian Foreign Policy and International Economic Regimes (1992).

Reviews

'... a very valuable step towards embracing a more comprehensive view of the complexity of developments in national, international and transnational law ... Private Power and Global Authority deserves to be highlighted in many respects ... a much needed study in internal relations. It is, in fact, more precisely a crucial report on international affairs.' EJIL '... constitutes a very valuable step towards embracing a more comprehensive view of the complexity of developments in national, international and transnational law ... a worthy attempt to visit and revisit the traditional approaches with which we have all been trained and professionalized ... Private Power and Global Authority deserves to be highlighted in many respects ... a much-needed study ... a crucial report on internal affairs ...'. European Journal of International Law 'What is interesting, and of high academic importance, is the way in which the author transcends the mere description of the transnational merchant law and places it into its true historical perspective.' Uniform Law Review