The Tools of Law that Shape Capitalism - And How Altering Their Use Could Give Form to a More Just Society (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)

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 that shape capitalism, the book also makes proposals for dealing with these matters.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Economic and Financial Law & Policy - Shifting Insights & Values, 3
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2019
Authors:	Koen Byttebier
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	239
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-024184-1
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Jurisprudence & philosophy of law Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Financial, taxation, commercial, industrial law > Financial law > General
LSN:	3-03-024184-X
Barcode:	9783030241841

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