Globalization and private law: the way forward edited by Michael Faure, Andre Vann Der Walt

PART I: GLOBALIZATION, DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 1. Democracy and (European) Private Law: A Functional Approach Jan Smits2. Public Accountability of Translational Rule Making: A View from the European Union and Beyond Deirdre Curtin PART II: HARMONIZATION VERSUS DECENTRALIZATION 3. Private Law in a Globalizing World: Economic Criteria for Choosing the Optimal Regulatory Level in a Multi-level Government System Roger Van den Bergh 4. Globalization and Harmonization of International Trade Law Sieg Eiselen PART III: PUBLIC LAW5. The Relation between Private Law and Administrative Law in View of Globalization Frits Stroink6. Beyond Parochialism? Transnational Contextualization in Constitutional Interpretation in South Africa (with Particular Reference to Jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court)Lourens du Plessis 7. Globalization, State Commercial Activity and the Transformation of Administrative Law Geo Quinot PART IV: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 8. Globalization: Selected Developments in Corporate Law as Steins Bisschop 9. Globalization and Corporate Law Philip Sutherland PART V: PROCEDURAL ISSUES 10. Civil Procedure in a Globalizing World Remco van Rhee PART VI: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 11. Fundamental Rights in Private Law: Anchors or Goals in a Globalizing Legal Order?Siewert Lindenbergh 12. 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 Spier PART VII: COMPARATIVE CONCLUSIONS 14. Comparative and Concluding Remarks Michael Faure and Andre van der Walt