Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - Volume III: Civil Society

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This book - one in the four-volume set, Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - focuses on themes of citizen organisation and empowerment set in the context of globalising legal processes. The first part considers the implications of the improved opportunities for communication that are associated with "globalisation". What are the legal and political consequences of these apparently empowering technological advances Do they allow for groups to find new forms of association and organisation The second part focusses on issues relating to access to justice (as a mode of empowerment) and its impact on the functioning of civil society. For instance, is forum shopping the answer for individuals who find that their national governments are unable or reluctant to protect their interests The third part of the collection debates the globalisation of legal mechanisms and the role that law is playing in the reshaping of the global order, raising fundamental questions, including how far particular legal concepts are fit for global adoption, and whether prevalent western legal conceptions are necessarily the right ones to be adopted.

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A welcome feature of Global Governance and the Quest for Justice (Vol. 3) - Civil Society is a roadmap appearing on the first page of the book. Coupled with Odell and Willett's introductory chapter, the reader has an excellent sense for the way ahead...the well-written and argued essaystaken together, will contribute substantially to the reader's understanding of the phenomena of globalization in the context of civil society...this volume provides a comprehensive panorama of the range of issues regarding globalization and civil society. The editors and authors of this work should be highly commended for undertaking this important venture. -- David Wallace * The Law & Politics Book Review Vol.19, No.6 *

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Peter Odell is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Sheffield. Chris Willett is Professor of Consumer Law at De Montfort University in Leicester.