Globalization and private law : the way forward /
edited by Michael Faure, André van der Walt
- xx, 488 pages ; 25 cm
Introduction and editorial preface / Michael Faure and Andre van de Walt -- Democracy and (European) private law : a functional approach / Jan M. Smits -- Public accountability of translational rule making : a view from the European Union and beyond / Deirdre Curtin -- Private law in a globalizing world : economic criteria for choosing the optimal regulatory level in a multi-level government system / Roger Van den Bergh -- Globalization and harmonization of international trade law / Sieg Eiselen -- The relation between private law and administrative law in view of globalization / Frits Stroink -- Beyond parochialism? Transnational contextualization in constitutional interpretation in South Africa (with particular reference to jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court) / Lourens du Plessis -- Globalization, state commercial activity and the transformation of administrative law / Geo Quinot -- Globalization : selected developments in corporate law / Bas Steins Bisschop -- Globalization and corporate law / Philip Sutherland -- Civil procedure in a globalizing world / Remco van Rhee -- Fundamental rights in private law : anchors or goals in a globalizing legal order? / Siewert Lindenbergh -- Globalization and multi-level governance of environmental harm / Michael Faure -- The rule of law and judicial activism : obstacles for chaping the law to meet the demands of a civilized society, particularly in relation to climate change? / Jaap Spier -- Comparative and concluding remarks / Michael Faure and Andre van der Walt
"The project which inspired this book was based on cooperation between the Ius Commune Research School and the law faculty of Stellenbosch University in South Africa. The chapters in this book are based upon papers that were presented at two conferences held in December 2007 and December 2008 in Stellenbosch (South Africa)."--P. 4