Law and Capitalism

A. Claire Cutler is Professor of International Relations and International Law at the University of Victoria, Canada. She is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award as 'a trailblazer whose leadership, scholarship, widely cited research, mentoring, and international recognition speak to the profound influence of her work.' Her publications include The Politics of Private Transnational Governance by Contract (2017), New Constitutionalism and World Order (2014), Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy (2003) and Private Authority and International Affairs (1999).

'A. Claire Cutler has provided a compelling account of how we must challenge the primacy of transnational capitalism in theoretical terms if we are to chart a course of redemption, which will be difficult but not impossible. It is a masterly statement from a distinguished scholar that will advance scholarship in multiple disciplines.' Randall Germain, Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University

• Preface; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Thinking Dialectically about Law and Capitalism: 2. A transnational historical materialist theory of law and politics; 3. Dominant theories in international relations and international law; 4. Crisis? What crisis?; Part II. Transnational Corporations, Corporate Law, and the Individual: 5. Transnational corporations and environmental politics; 6. The politics of climate migration; 7. Toward a praxis conception of law and politics; 8. Epilogue: Utopian possibilities?