TY - BOOK ID - 77894233 TI - Private power and global authority : transnational merchant law in the global political economy PY - 2003 SN - 1139809962 1107138027 0511550308 0511838646 1107321638 1107316243 1107318068 1107317207 1299399355 1107315263 9781107321632 9780511550300 9781107316249 0521826608 9780521826600 052153397X 9780521533973 9780511838644 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Law merchant. KW - International economic relations. KW - International relations KW - Lex mercatoria KW - Commercial law KW - Customary law KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - Economic policy KW - Economic sanctions KW - Economic aspects. KW - International economic relations KW - Law merchant KW - Economic aspects KW - Lex Mercatoria KW - Relations économiques internationales KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77894233 AB - Transnational merchant law, which is mistakenly regarded in purely technical and apolitical terms, is a central mediator of domestic and global political/legal orders. By engaging with literature in international law, international relations and international political economy, this 2003 book develops the conceptual and theoretical foundations for analyzing the political significance of international economic law. In doing so, it illustrates the private nature of the interests that this evolving legal order has served over time. The book makes a sustained and comprehensive analysis of transnational merchant law and offers a radical critique of global capitalism. ER -