The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards around the world towards the shareholder model. But even before the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance of the shareholder model was challenged with regard to persisting divergences and national differences in corporate law, labor law and industrial relations. The present collection explores this debate at an important crossroads, echoing Karl Polanyi's famous observation in 1944 of the disembeddedness of the market from...
The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards ...
Law has become the vehicle by which countries in the 'developing world' - including post-conflict states or states transitioning towards some form of constitutional democracy - must steer the course of social and economic change. Legal mechanisms - in particular, the machinery of human rights - play an increasingly central role in the discourses and practices of both development and transitional justice. These developments can be seen as part of a tendency towards convergence within the wider set of discourses and practices within the field of global governance. While this process of...
Law has become the vehicle by which countries in the 'developing world' - including post-conflict states or states transitioning towards some form of ...
Set against the origins and consequences of the global financial crisis, this timely book offers an enriching and revealing narrative of the role that the state plays in regulating markets. Focusing on core areas of private law such as corporate, labour and banking law, the contributors offer a conceptual framework in which to examine the central tenets of the role of private law in today's global economy. In the current climate of ever increasing economic inequality and austerity measures, the authors highlight the urgent need for a comprehensive analysis of the continuing tension between...
Set against the origins and consequences of the global financial crisis, this timely book offers an enriching and revealing narrative of the role that...
Now available in paperback Law has become the vehicle by which countries in the 'developing world', including post-conflict states or states undergoing constitutional transformation, must steer the course of social, economic, legal, and political change. Legal mechanisms - in particular, the instruments as well as concepts of human rights - play an increasingly central role in the discourses and practices of both development and transitional justice. These developments can be seen as part of a tendency towards convergence within the wider set of discourses and practices in global governance....
Now available in paperback Law has become the vehicle by which countries in the 'developing world', including post-conflict states or states undergoi...
