The Tools of Law that Shape Capitalism: And How Altering Their Use Could Give Form to a More Just Society - Couverture souple

Byttebier, Koen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 303024184X ISBN 13 : 9783030241841

Editeur : Springer, 2020

Synopsis

The book provides a critical analysis of the legal mechanisms that help shape the capitalist system, and also makes proposals for deploying these tools in a different manner.Although often disguised in difficult legal jargon, in reality the main legal building blocks of the prevailing capitalist socio-economic system are simple, the most important being: (1) money; (2) the company form and (3) (neo)liberal state organization aimed at making markets as free as possible for the entrepreneurial sector. Having been used to create the socio-economic order over 2-3 centuries, the legal systems that helped shape capitalist societies around the globe have also contributed to a variety of fundamental problems that remain unaddressed by the capitalist system itself, such as ever-mounting public and private debt, pollution and climate change, an increasing polarization between rich and poor and a globally unjust fiscal order. By proposing alternative uses for the tools of law thatshape capitalism, the book also makes proposals for dealing with these matters.

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À propos de l'auteur

Koen Byttebier, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 303024184X
• ISBN 13: 9783030241841
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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