Neo-Liberal Globalism and Social Sustainable Globalisation

E.C. Nieuwenhuys is lecturer in Legal Theory at the Law Faculty and the Department of Metalegal Studies of Leiden University. She is also a Fellow of the E.M. Meijers Institute for Legal Research. She is a specialist in International Economic Relations, Law and Sustainable Development. Her current research interests are the legal, social and moral aspects of the present globalisation process. Nieuwenhuys is author of several publications on investment laws, on transnational enterprises and human rights, on a Multilateral Investment Agreement and on Corporate Social Responsibility. Some of her most recent publications include: 'Global Development and International Investment Law', in: International Law and Sustainable Development: Principle and Practice (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2004), A Liberal Multilateral Investment System, Transnational Enterprises, Home and Host Countries: Some Observations and Multilateral Regulation of Investment (Kluwer Law, 2001).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsAbbreviations1. The Challenges of Social Sustainable GlobalisationEva Nieuwenhuys and Joop de KorPart I — Neo-Liberal Globalism and Philosophical Presuppositions2. Liberal Globalism: A DefencePaul Cliteur3. The Ambiguity of GlobalisationGerard Visser4. Social, Sustainable Globalisation Requires a Paradigm Other Than Neo-Liberal GlobalismEva Nieuwenhuys5. Individual Freedom and ESOCUL Rights: The Illusions of LibertarianismRob BuitenwegPart II — Neo-Liberal Globalism and its Institutional and Political Framework6. What’s in it for us? Globalisation, International Institutions and the Less Developed CountriesJoop de Kort7. Social Sustainable Globalisation and International Law: in Need of a New International Constitutional BalanceMarcel Brus8. The Odds of ‘Liberalisation’ as an Informing Principle of Law, Governance and DevelopmentJan Michiel Otto9. Water as a Social, Economic and Ecological Good in a Globalising WorldAntoinette HilderingPart III — Neo-Liberal Globalism and Non-State Actors10. Morality and the Legitimacy of Non Governmental Organisations’ Involvement in International Politics and Policy MakingAnton Vedder11. Can Corporate Governance Contribute to Sustainable Development?Cornelis de Groot12. Sustainability Reporting by Companies is Necessary for Sustainable GlobalisationTineke LambooyIndex