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In Defense of Globalization

Jagdish Bhagwati
2004

The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labor to environmental degradation, cultural homogenization,... (Read more)
Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning

Jane C. Ginsburg
2004

This course book serves an undergraduate course in introduction to legal reasoning. It is designed to initiate students in the legal methods of case law analysis and statutory interpretation, prompting students to take a critical distance from the wielding of... (Read more)
Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance

Jeffery N. Gordon and Mark J. Roe
2004

Corporate governance is on the reform agenda all over the world. How will global economic integration affect the different systems of corporate ownership and governance? Is the Anglo-American model of shareholder capitalism destined to become the template for a converging... (Read more)
Foundations of Intellectual Property

Robert P. Merges and Jane C. Ginsburg
2004

This book is meant to provide a ... collection of commentaries on the topic of intellectual property. [The] goal has been to bring together ... influential writings on patent, copyright, trademark and design protection, beginning with early material from the... (Read more)
Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: Practice and Procedure

David Palmeter and Petros C. Mavroidis
2004

David Palmeter and Petros Mavroidis review all WTO dispute settlement provisions and their interpretation in WTO jurisprudence in this extensively revised new edition. Carefully written for a wide readership, the volume is essential for professionals, practitioners, diplomats and government lawyers.... (Read more)
Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy

Jedediah S. Purdy
2004

In this thought-provoking collection, leading scholars explore democracy in the United States from a sweeping variety of perspectives. A dozen contributors consider the nature and prospects of democracy as it relates to the American experience – free markets, religion, family... (Read more)
The Practice of Value

Joseph Raz
2003

The Practice of Value explores the nature of value and its relation to the social and historical conditions under which human agents live. At the core of the book are the Tanner Lectures delivered at Berkeley in 2001 by Joseph... (Read more)
Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell

George A. Bermann
2003

This title identifies and explores recurring problems caused by private cross-border disputes, while presenting the solutions that appear to be emerging, whether in the form of legislation, case law, treaty or Restatement enumeration. It covers personal and subject matter jurisdiction,... (Read more)
Intellectual Property: Trade, Competition, and Sustainable Development: The World Trade Forum, Vol. 3

Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis
2003

The incorporation of intellectual property protection into the WTO international trading system has been a milestone in international economic law and has added a new dimension to trade regulation – new rights and obligations and new challenges alike. The contributors,... (Read more)
The Role of the Judge in International Trade Regulation: Experience and Lessons for the WTO: The World Trade Forum, Vol. 4

Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis
2003

The WTO is generally seen as a key actor of globalization and, as such, has been the point of convergence of popular irritation worldwide. Many of the reproaches addressed to the WTO show civil society's concern with what is perceived... (Read more)
Foundations of International Income Taxation

Michael J. Graetz
2003

This law school casebook extracts materials from scholarly literature on international income tax law and provides context for these materials, to enhance an understanding of the institutions that shape this area of law and underlying policy debates. Designed for use... (Read more)
Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America

Bernard E. Harcourt
2003

Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America assembles a diverse group of the nation's leading authorities on guns and gun violence to present the most up-to-date research currently available. Exploring such controversial issues as gun- tracing initiatives, the possible extension of... (Read more)
Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World

Jedediah S. Purdy
2003

Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective... (Read more)
Free Trade Today

Jagdish N. Bhagwati
2002

Free trade, indeed economic globalization generally, is under siege. The conventional arguments for protectionism have been discredited but not banished. And free trade faces strong new challenges from a variety of groups, including environmentalists and human rights activists as well... (Read more)
The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History

Philip Chase Bobbitt
2002

The Shield of Achilles is a classic inquiry into the nature of the State, its origin in war, and its drive for peace and legitimacy. Philip Bobbitt, a professor of constitutional law and a historian of nuclear strategy, has served... (Read more)
The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might

Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman
2002

This book examines how the United States uses limited military force and other means to influence adversaries and potential adversaries. It reviews when limited force can and cannot work and examines a range of current challenges, including those of guerrilla... (Read more)
Romantics at War: Glory and Guilt in the Age of Terrorism

George P. Fletcher
2002

America is at war with terrorism. Terrorists must be brought to justice.

We hear these phrases together so often that we rarely pause to reflect on the dramatic differences between the demands of war and the demands of justice, differences... (Read more)
Separation of Church and State

Philip A. Hamburger
2002

In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment. The detailed evidence assembled here shows that eighteenth-century Americans almost never invoked this principle. Although... (Read more)
European Integration and International Co-ordination: Studies in Transnational Economic Law in Honour of Claus-Dieter Ehlermann

Armin Von Bogdandy, Petros C. Mavroidis, and Yves Mény
2002

Claus-Dieter Ehlermann is widely regarded as among the most knowledgeable, far-sighted, and creative shapers, practitioners, and scholars of European law. Among the prominent legal roles he has played in his influential career, his leadership of the Legal Service of the... (Read more)
Value, Respect, and Attachment

Joseph Raz
2001

Joseph Raz is one of the world's leading philosophers of law, and in his Seeley Lectures he reflects critically on one of the central tenets of ethical thought, the view that values are universal. He concludes that we should try... (Read more)
Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation: Legal Problems and Political Prospects

George A. Bermann, Matthias Herdegen, and Peter L. Lindseth
2001

This book offers a comprehensive account of the transatlantic regulatory cooperation phenomenon: its causes and political context in a globalizing economy, its theoretical understanding, its relationship to trade and competition, its implications for democracy, and its likely directions in the... (Read more)
The Wind of the Hundred Days

Jagdish Bhagwati
2001

In The Wind of the Hundred Days, a new collection of public policy essays, Jagdish Bhagwati applies his characteristic wit and accessible style to the subject of globalization. Notably, he argues that the true Clinton scandal lay in the administration's... (Read more)
Our Secret Constitution: How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy

George P. Fletcher
2001

Americans hate and distrust their government. At the same time, Americans love and trust their government. These contradictory attitudes are resolved by Fletcher's novel interpretation of constitutional history. He argues that we have two constitutions – still living side by... (Read more)
Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?: A New Democracy Forum on Raising Global Labor Standard

Archon Fung, Dara O'Rourke, and Charles F. Sabel
2001

The MIT scholar who broke the news about Nike's sweatshops argues, with two colleagues, that consumer choices can improve workers' lives globally Seventy-five percent of Americans say they would avoid retailers whom they knew sold goods produced in sweatshops. And... (Read more)
Who's Qualified?

Lani Guinier and Susan P. Sturm
2001

Affirmative action originated as a plan to correct the historical disadvantage of women and people of color-to make the system more fair. Yet, for over twenty years, it has been repeatedly attacked for being unfair to whites, and even un-American.
... (Read more)