Karl Polanyi, Globalisation and the Potential of Law in Transnational Markets (Hardcover, New)

The patterns and impact of globalization have become a common concern of all international jurists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers. Many have observed the erosion of the powers of nation states and the emergence of new transnational governance regimes, and seek to understand their internal dynamics, re-regulatory potential, and normative quality. Karl Polanyi's seminal book - The Great Transformation - is attracting new attention to such endeavors, mirroring a growing sensitivity to the social and economic risks of dis-embedding politics. Their re-construction by Polanyi - including his warning against a commodification of labor, land, and money - provide the trans-disciplinary reference point for the contributions to this book. Political economy, political theory, sociology, and political science inform this discussion of Polanyi's insights in the age of globalization. Further theoretical essays and case studies look at his 'false commodities': money, labor (and services), and land (and the environment). Jurists have hardly ever discussed Polanyi, and the law has not been taken very seriously among 'Polanyians.' It is nevertheless clear that economic stability and social protection are simply inconceivable without the visible hand of law. The legal discussion in this book's concluding chapters do not, and cannot, depart directly from such premises. The framework of their analyses is, instead, informed by current debates on the emergence of para-legal regimes, the fragmentation of international law, and the prospects of constitutional perspectives within which the rule of law and the notion of law-mediated legitimate governance are established. Polanyi's notion of the co-originality of dis-embedding moves and re-imbedding countermoves can, however, be usefully employed in the re-construction of the sociological background of the moves and tensions which jurists discern.

General

Imprint:	Hart Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Studies in the Theory of Private Law
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Christian Joerges • Josef Falke
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	544
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84946-119-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law
LSN:	1-84946-119-8
Barcode:	9781849461191

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