Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy

Claire Cutler's critical analysis of the role that international economic law plays in the creation and maintenance of global power relations examines the historical and contemporary evolution of merchant law. She concludes that private interests have governed global economic relations through practices that are little understood. Interdisciplinary in scope, this study draws upon international relations and law, international political economy and political and legal theories. It will be an important first step toward developing a critical understanding of the political foundations of transnational merchant law.

Author: A. Claire Cutler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/14/2003
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.28w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780521826600

About the Author
Cutler, A. Claire: - A. Claire Cutler is Associate Professor of International Relations and Law at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. She is joint editor of Private Authority and International Affairs (1999) and Canadian Foreign Policy and International Economic Regimes (1992).

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