The Future of Law in a Global Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12282910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard P Appelbaum (0000-0003-4097-9850, University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 171-192 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/096466399800700202 |
| OpenAlex | W2065021754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 22 |
In this paper I challenge the notion that an emerging global legal culture modeled on US legal practices will necessarily come to dominate global legal practices in the economic sphere. Rather, I argue that the ascendance of Asian economic power will have significant implications for the sorts of legal as well as business institutions that are likely to dominate in the next century. Specifically, I argue that Chinese busi ness culture, with its emphasis on informal relationships and flexible organization, has a strong affinity for the new forms of flexible production that characterize an important and growing portion of the world economy. Drawing on world-systems theory, research on Chinese business organization and culture, and my own field- work, I argue that the 'legal convergence' hypothesis may well be premature: that the rise of the East Asian economies, linked together through the Chinese business diaspora, may well herald not only the decline of North American and European global economic dominance, but along with it the hegemony of their associated legal forms
China · Comparative law · Convergence (economics · Diaspora · Dominance (genetics · East Asia · Economic growth · Economic power · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Hegemony · Legal culture · Legal pluralism · Legal realism · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Sociology · Corporate Law and Human Rights · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · International Labor and Employment Law · Law
Globalization in Question
Institutional structure
Global Commodity Chains
Chinese Modernities
Alliance Capitalism
The Capitalist World-Economy
Globalization
Evolution and Culture
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
The World Economic System in Asia before European Hegemony
State, Law and Community in the World System
The long twentieth century
Pacific Destiny
Societies
Globalization in Question
The Chinese Family Firm
Personal Relations and Divergent Economies
Constructing Virtual Justice in the Global Arena
Modernization
The Big Bang and the Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2011 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |