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27 May 2016

Book publication by Grégoire Mallard and Jérôme Sgard (eds.): "Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation in Global Markets"

Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation in Global Markets

Edited by Grégoire Mallard and Jérôme Sgard

Fordham University Press; April 2016

“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, and 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.”

ISBN: 978-1107130913
Cambridge University Press
432 Pages
26.05.2016

Contractual Knowledge: One Hundred Years of Legal Experimentation in Global Markets

Edited by Grégoire Mallard and Jérôme Sgard

Fordham University Press; April 2016

“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, and 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.”

Cambridge University Press
432 Pages
26.05.2016

ISBN: 978-1107130913