Globalization and Private Law

Edited by Michael Faure, Professor, Maastricht University and Erasmus School of Law, the Netherlands and Chairman of the Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement (VHRM), Brussels, Belgium and the late André van der Walt, formerly South African Research Chair in Property Law and Professor of Law, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

• Contents:Introduction and Editorial PrefaceMichael Faure and André van der WaltPART I: GLOBALIZATION, DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY1. Democracy and (European) Private Law: A Functional ApproachJan Smits2. Public Accountability of Translational Rule Making: A View from the European Union and BeyondDeirdre CurtinPART II: HARMONIZATION VERSUS DECENTRALIZATION 3. Private Law in a Globalizing World: Economic Criteria for Choosing the Optimal Regulatory Level in a Multi-level Government SystemRoger Van den Bergh4. Globalization and Harmonization of International Trade LawSieg EiselenPART III: PUBLIC LAW5. The Relation between Private Law and Administrative Law in View of GlobalizationFrits Stroink6. Beyond Parochialism? Transnational Contextualization in Constitutional Interpretation in South Africa (with Particular Reference to Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court)Lourens du Plessis7. Globalization, State Commercial Activity and the Transformation of Administrative LawGeo QuinotPART IV: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE8. Globalization: Selected Developments in Corporate LawBas Steins Bisschop9. Globalization and Corporate LawPhilip SutherlandPART V: PROCEDURAL ISSUES10. Civil Procedure in a Globalizing WorldRemco van RheePART VI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT11. Fundamental Rights in Private Law: Anchors or Goals in a Globalizing Legal Order?Siewert Lindenbergh12. Globalization and Multi-level Governance of Environmental HarmMichael Faure13. The Rule of Law and Judicial Activism: Obstacles for Shaping the Law to Meet the Demands of a Civilized Society, Particularly in Relation to Climate Change?Jaap SpierPART VII: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS14. Comparative and Concluding RemarksMichael Faure and André van der WaltIndex