How has the regulation of business shifted from national to global institutions? What are the mechanisms of globalization? Who are the key actors? What of democratic sovereignty? In which cases has globalization been successfully resisted? These questions are confronted across an amazing sweep of the critical areas of business regulation--from contract, intellectual property and corporations law, to trade, telecommunications, labor standards, drugs, food, transport and environment. This book examines the role played by global institutions such as the World Trade Organization, World Health Organization, the OECD, IMF, Moodys and the World Bank, as well as various NGOs and significant individuals. Incorporating both history and analysis, Global Business Regulation will become the standard reference for readers in business, law, politics, and international relations.

Awards

• Winner of The Hart Socio-Legal Studies Book Prize

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"...the manuscript is very digestible, presenting an easy to read and engrossing story, and a reader who starts is likely to finish the book in its entirety." Law Society Journal

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Product details

• Date Published: February 2000
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9780521784993
• length: 724 pages

• dimensions: 246 x 189 x 37 mm
• weight: 1.27kg
• contains: 9 b/w illus. 3 tables
• availability: Available