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"Contents" [2010] ELECD 283; in Faure, Michael; van der Walt, André (eds), "Globalization and Private Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)

Book Title: Globalization and Private Law

Editor(s): Faure, Michael; van der Walt, André

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848447608

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 10

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors xv
List of abbreviations xvi

Introduction and editorial preface 1
Michael Faure and André van der Walt
1 Problem definition and reasons for this book 1
1.1 Lawmaking in a globalized world 2
1.2 Convergence, divergence, accountability and legitimacy 3
1.3 Who sets the agenda? 4
2 History and origins of this book 4
3 Methodology 6
3.1 Legal multidisciplinarity 6
3.2 Comparative approach 7
3.3 Multidisciplinarity 7
4 Topics 7
5 Central focus 10
6 Structure of this book 10
7 Contributors 11
8 Acknowledgements 11
References 12

PART I GLOBALIZATION, DEMOCRACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1 Democracy and (European) private law: a functional approach 15
Jan Smits
1 Introduction 15
2 Law without a state: a problem of democracy? 17
3 Deconstructing democracy 19
4 The legitimacy of the draft CFR 22
4.1 Accountability: legitimacy through jurisdictional
competition 23
4.2 Participation: the experience with optional instruments 24
4.3 Private law: design or organism? 25
5 Conclusions 27
References 28

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2 Public accountability of transnational rule making:
a view from the European Union and beyond 32
Deirdre Curtin
1 Introduction 32
2 Shifts in transnational governance: actors, instruments
and levels 33
2.1 Multi-level governance 33
2.2 Actors 34
2.3 Instruments 39
2.4 Levels 40
3 Approaches to legitimacy and democracy of transnational
governance 41
3.1 Approaches to understanding legitimacy in the EU 41
3.2 Understanding ...