1st Edition

Globalisation and the Rule of Law

By Spencer Zifcak Copyright 2005
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Globalisation and the Rule of Law reassesses the idea of the 'rule of law' within the present complex and increasingly internationalised environment. There have been many books studying the phenomenon of globalisation and its economic, social or cultural consequences. This book, however, is the first to relate globalisation exclusively to law. It examines the impact of globalisation upon the... Read more
1. Globalisation and the Rule of Law 2. Global Challenges to the Traditional Ideal of the Rule of Law 3. Global Challenges to National Sovereignty 4. The Rule of Law and International Economic Transactions 5. The Role of the Rule of Law in the Regulation of Global Capital Flows 6. An International Rule of Human Rights Law 7. Human Rights and the Rule of Law in a Globalising Economy 8. International Security and Humanitarian Intervention 9. The Role of the Military in Globalising the Rule of Law Bibliography Index

Biography

Spencer Zifcak is Associate Professor of Law at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, and Vice-President of the International Commission of Jurists (Australian Section). He has acted as a consultant to the UN and a wide range of other parliamentary, governmental and non-governmental organisations.