On Law Politics and Judicialization

Across the globe the domain of the litigator and the judge has radically expanded making it increasingly difficult for those who study comparative and international politics public policy and regulation or the evolution of new modes of governance to avoid encountering a great deal oflaw and courts. In On Law Politics and Judicialization two of the world''s leading political scientists present the best of their research focusing on how to build and test a social science of law and courts. Chosen empirical settings include the United States the GATT-WTO France and Germany Imperial China and Islam the European Union and the transnational world of the Lex Mercatoria.