The Law of Political Economy: Transformation in the Function of Law

Author: Poul F. Kjaer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108493116

Published In: April 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781108717274

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This book develops the law of political economy as a new field of scholarly enquiry. Bringing together an exceptional group of scholars, it provides a novel conceptual framework for studying the role of law and legal instruments in political economy contexts, with a focus on historical transformations and central challenges in both European and global contexts. Its chapters reconstruct how the law of political economy plays out in diverse but central fields, ranging from competition and consumer protection law to labour and environmental law, giving a comprehensive overview of the central challenges of the law of political economy. It also provides a sophisticated and multifaceted framework for further enquires while outlining the contours of new law of political economy.

Develops the law of political economy as a field of scholarly enquiry
Includes and develops inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives highlighting complementarity and interaction
Reformulates basic categories of law, opening up the horizon for a new concept of law

1. The law of political economy: an introduction

Poul F. Kjaer

Part I. Studying the Law of Political Economy:

2. The legal proprium of the economic constitution

Christian Joerges and Michelle Everson

3. The myth of democratic governance

Emilios Christodoulidis

4. A political economy of contemporary legality Duncan Kennedy

Part II. Transformations of the Law of the Globalising Economy:

5. Law in global political economy: now you see it, now you don't

David Kennedy

6. Law of natural resource extraction and money as key to understanding global political economy and potential for its transformation