Law and Globalization from Below: Towards a Cosmopolitan Legality

by Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Book Overview

This book is an unprecedented attempt to analyze the role of the law in the global movement for social justice. Case studies in the book are written by leading scholars from both the global South and the global North, and combine empirical research on the ground with innovative sociolegal theory to shed new light on a wide array of topics. Among the issues examined are the role of law and politics in the World Social Forum; the struggle of the anti-sweatshop...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521607353
• ISBN13: 9780521607353
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.9"