Global Law

"Between the debate raging over economic globalization and disillusioned pessimism with regard to human rights, we are left wondering which direction to take, while the tragic events of the beginning of this century have made it urgent that we find a new path." "How can we avoid both hegemonic uniformity and a clash of legal cultures? By reconciling economic interests with human rights to invent a truly pluralist global law." "But on a planet prey to the tensions born of increasing economic inequalities and the rise of national and regional particularities that cast doubt on the universalism of human rights, is the globalization of law possible, practically speaking? Is it reasonable, that is, imaginable as an organized set according to legal reasoning, when the helter-skelter proliferation of norms and the displacement of legal landmarks create, instead the disconcerting impression of normative disorder? And finally, is the globalization of law ethically desirable, when none of our international institutions are currently able to guarantee respect for democratic values?"--BOOK JACKET.