Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation in Global Markets (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) - Hardcover

Edited By Grégoire Mallard , Jérôme Sgard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107130913 ISBN 13: 9781107130913

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation in Global Markets, edited by Grégoire Mallard and Jérôme Sgard, extends the scholarship of law and globalization in two important directions. First, it provides a unique genealogy of global economic governance by explaining the transition from English law to one where global exchanges are primarily governed by international, multilateral, and finally, transnational legal orders. Second, rather than focusing on macro-political organizations, like the League of Nations or the International Monetary Fund, the book examines elements of contracts, including how and by whom they were designed and exactly who (experts, courts, arbitrators, or international organizations) interpreted, upheld, and established the legal validity of these contracts. By exploring such micro-level aspects of market exchanges, this collection unveils the contractual knowledge that led to the globalization of markets over the last century.

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About the Authors

Grégoire Mallard is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology of Development at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Jérôme Sgard is Professor of Political Economy at Sciences Po, Paris.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107130913
• ISBN 13: 9781107130913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432