Introduction

Opening Remarks

Articles

A Global Concept of Justice Dream or Nightmare? Looking at Different Concepts of Justice or Righteousness Competing in Today s World

I. Introduction: What Justice, What Goals For Justice, And Justice For Whom? II. "What Is, Is, Therefore, Just": The Undisputed Reality Of Financial Globalization As A Challenge For Contemporary Justice Theories III. Responding To The Challenge A. The Property Issue: Justice as Entitlement B. The Poverty Issue: Instrumental Justice C. The Human Rights Issue: Principled Justice IV. Enforcing Global Justice: Trial Lawyers, Global Torts, Class Actions And Universal Jurisdiction-When Money Talks ...

Challenges in Law Making in Mass Societies

Introduction I. The Mass Societies II. The Political Regime Of Mass Society III. Burgeoning Of Legal Controls IV. Special Characteristics Of Mass Justice A. Political Distance B. Technicality over Morality C. Estrangement of the Professionals D. Impersonality of the Legal Process E. Quantity Determines Quality F. Statistical Dimensions of "Justice" in Mass Justice Conclusion

Closing Remarks

Development of a New Legal System in the People s Republic of China

I. Introduction II. Development Of Chinese Law Up To The Cultural Revolution-A Decline Towards Zero A. The Starting Point-Traditional Chinese Law B. Reception of Foreign Law at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century C. Legal Developments During the Civil Wars D. Introduction of a Socialist Legal System E. The Cultural Revolution III. Development Of A New Legal System After The Cultural Revolution A. Political and Economic Bases for the New Development B. Thirty Years of Modern Chinese Legisla...

Law Making in the European Union: On Globalization and Contract Law in Divergent Legal Cultures

I. Introduction II. Contract Law In The European Union And For The European Union A. Contract Law in the European Union: National Jurisdictions B. Contract Law for the European Union: Directives C. The Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods ("CISG") D. Divergence Within One Country E. Legal Diversity and Globalization III. The Need For Harmonization: No Clear Answer IV. The Feasibility Of Harmonization: No Clear Answer V. Taking These Doubts Seriously: The Benefits Of An Optiona...

Mixed Legal Systems . . . and the Myth of Pure Laws

I. Introduction II. Analysis A. A Factual Approach to Mixed Systems B. Pervasiveness of Mixed Systems C. The Myth of Pure Laws D. A Glance at England and the European Union E. Mixed Systems as Models and Paradigms F. An Ancient Pedigree G. The Roman Empire H. The Ottoman Empire I. European Colonialism J. The Rise of "Classical" Mixed Jurisdictions III. Conclusion

Post Scriptum to Law Making in a Global World: From Human Rights to a Law of Mankind

I. New Challenges II. New Perspectives III. Back To Standards IV. Abuse Of Right And Reasonableness V. Back To Citizens

Unitary Law Re-form, Pluralistic Law Re-Substance: Illuminating Legal Change

Prologue Introduction: Before The Prism I. The Form Of Legal Change: Additive Primaries-Seeing Same-Sex Marriage A. Legislation-Statute, Enactment: Green B. Custom-Practice, Interaction: Blue C. The Common Law-Precedent, Adjudication: Red D. Tradition-Supereminent Principles, Phronesis: White II. The Substance Of Legal Change: Subtractive Primaries-Doing Commercial Law Reform A. Monism-Effacing Social Facts: Yellow B. Centralism-Relativising the State: Magenta C. Positivism-Interpretation: Cy...

What Kind of Law Making in a Global World? The Case of Africa

I. Introduction II. The Case Of Legal Globalization In Africa A. The Continent as a Whole B. The State as a Whole III. What Are The Alternatives To Global Law Making In African Countries? A. The Parameter of the Considerable Diversity of African Societies B. The Parameter of the Highly Socially-Oriented Way of Life of Africans C. The Parameter of the Aspiration to Know the Law D. The Parameter of the Absolute Need for Africa to Play a Part in the Global World IV. Conclusion

When Is the Use of Foreign Law Possible? A Hard Case: The Protection of Privacy in Europe and the United States

I. Introduction II. Comparison Among Civil Law Systems III. Comparison Among Common Law And Civil Law Systems A. Starting Points 1. Civil Law 2. Common Law B. A Possible Ending Point IV. Comparing American And Foreign Law