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Consumption-oriented models of governance dominate the contemporary global legal architecture. The financial crisis beginning in 2008, however, casts fundamental questions about the future viability of these approaches to economics and law. This paper attempts to firstly, evaluate its salient historical development and themes from the post-World War II era to more recent legislative innovation (e.g., within the European Union), and secondly, introduce seven heterodox vignettes that challenge the hegemony of consumption in legislative policy. The paper concludes with some brief reflections upon potential opportunities and limitations of these heterodox traditions within future scholarship and policy addressing the interplay of law and consumption in global governance. Keywords: Buddhist Economics, Consumer Society, Critical Legal Studies, Deep Ecology, European Union, Global Governance, Institutional Economics, Law and Economics, Marxism, Social Systems Theory, Autopoiesis

John D. Haskell & Pamela Slotte / Christianity and international law : an introduction -- Peter Petkoff / The Byzantine Commonwealth and the emerging features of a law of nations in the first millennium -- Tiziana Faitini and Dante Fedele / Christianity and the birth of ambassadorial deontology : some historical notes -- Stefan Stantchev / Formation and refiguration of the canon law on trade with infidels (ca. 1200 - ca. 1600) -- David M. Lantigua / God, sovereignty, and the morality of intervention outside Europe -- Jennifer L. Beard / The significance of Christian charity to international law -- Roland Boer / Hugo Grotius on freedom of the seas and human nature -- Janne E. Nijman / Ius gentium et naturae : the human conscience and early modern international law -- Reut Yael Paz / Legalizing antisemitism? The legacy of savigny's roman(tic) law -- Jedidiah J. Kroncke / Missionary knowledge and the empirical foundation of modern international legal thought -- Andrew Preston / Standards for a righteous and civilized world : religion and America's emergence as a global power -- Udi Greenberg / International Protestantism and its changing religious freedoms -- Linde Lindkvist / Beyond the freedom of worship : the contested meaning of religious freedom in international human rights law and politics, 1945=1967 -- Mark C. Modak-Truran / Process theology and a pluralistic foundation for human rights -- Elena Namli / Christianity and human rights law : Orthodox perspectives -- Nathaniel Berman / Conquest, sacred sites, and "religion" in a time of crisis -- Craig Mousin / Constantine's legacy : preserving empire while undermining international law -- Silas W. Allard / Hopelessly practicing law : asylum seekers, advocates, and hostile jurisdictions -- Akbar Rasulov / The hidden theology of international legal positivism.

Events such as the global financial crisis have helped reveal that the drivers and contours of governance on a national and international level remain a mystery in many respects. This remains so despite the ever-increasing complexity and sophistication in the management and understanding of economic, legal and political spheres of global society. Set in this context, this timely Research Handbook is the first to explicitly address the constitutive relationship between law and political economy. With scholarly contributions from diverse disciplinary and geographic backgrounds, this authoritative book provides an expansive overview of the legal architecture of the global political economy. It covers, in three parts, topics surrounding money and markets, the relations of organization, and commodities, land and resources. Scholars and policymakers as well as undergraduate and postgraduate law students interested in the intersection of socio-political, economic, and legal dynamics of governance will find this book a thought-provoking and insightful resource

Religion is a reoccurring theme within international law, as both an external phenomenon that confronts the profession and an internal dynamic that influences the logic and sensibility of the profession. A key concept within theological belief and study is 'eschatology', which addresses the end of days and how believers might orient their lives accordingly. While scholars engaged in global governance discourse often analyse the relationship between theology and law, there is a tendency to neglect and avoid any rigorous study towards the specific content of religious doctrine. In this paper, our goal is to provide a concise analysis of the theological variations of eschatology and how they map onto international legal argument and more generally Western philosophical 'modernity' in relation to governance. The argument is not that theological eschatology provides a 'deep structure' to the logic of the discipline, but that these fields conceptually overlap in provocative ways, which raise questions about the secular and universal character of law and politics.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Features -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1. THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF CONGRESS -- 1 | Congress as the Board of Directors -- Five Examples of the Federal Government in Action -- Congress as the Board of Directors -- Congress in a Separated System -- The Plan of the Book -- 2 | The Two Congresses: Lawmaking and Representation -- Two Distinct Responsibilities -- Conclusion: The Primacy of the Representative Role -- 3 | The House and Senate, Party Leadership and Committees -- The Great Compromise and the Origins of a Bicameral Legislature -- Today's House of Representatives: Leadership and Committees -- Today's Senate: Leadership and Committees -- House and Senate Organization and the Pressures of the Legislative and Representative Roles -- Conclusion: Constitutional Design and the Modern House and Senate -- 4 | Congressional Elections -- The Electoral Connection -- Running for Congress -- The Geographical Context of Congressional Elections -- The Incumbency Advantage -- Financing the Campaign -- Campaign Themes and Issues -- The Stakes in Congressional Elections -- Conclusion: The Board of Directors and the Continuous Campaign -- PART 2. INSIDE CONGRESS -- 5 | Understanding the Legislative Process -- First Principles of the Legislative Process -- Key Stages in the Legislative Process: The House -- Key Stages in the Legislative Process: The Senate -- Reconciling the Differences -- Conclusion -- 6 | Authorizing the Work of Government -- The Authorizing Committees -- Authorizing Legislation: Exerting Control over Government Policy -- Authorizing Direct Spending -- Conclusion -- 7 | The Power of the Purse -- Understanding the Federal Budget -- The President's Budget: Kicking Off the Congressional Budget Process

A clear and student-friendly introduction to Congress that uses?Congress as board of directors" as an overarching theme to explain Congress's roles and functions within the interdependent system of the US government

Addressing some of the most perilous, controversial issues in international law and governance, this volume brings together legal scholars from diverse geographic, personal and scholarly perspectives. They reflect on the pervasive feeling of crisis in the world today and share their views on the possibilities and limits of the international legal architecture and its expert communities in shaping the world of tomorrow. What exactly is this feeling that the contemporary international legal architecture is at a tipping point? What do these possible risks expose about the fragility and limits of our current conceptual and institutional order? What commitments drive our hopes and anxieties? Authors explore these questions across a wide range of possible tipping points and offer readers a unique snapshot of the lived experience of what it means to be an expert engaged right now in international law and governance. Each chapter covers both theory and practice in analysing a current problem