Table of Contents

Preface vii Chapter one: Defining globalisation 1 Chapter two: Apologists and critics 6 Chapter three: The globalised economy 14 Chapter four: Information revolution and global culture 27 Chapter five: An imperial cosmopolis? 37 Chapter six: The global legal space 48 Chapter seven: The transformations of war 62 Conclusions 75 Bibliography 79 Name index 93 Subject index 95

About the Author

Danilo Zolo (Rijeka, 1936) is professor of Philosophy of Law and Philosophy of International Law at the University of Florence. He has been Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton and Oxford. He delivered courses of lectures at universities of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. In 2000 he founded Jura Gentium, Journal for Philosophy of International Law and Global Politics. His present research concerns the theory of 'rule of law', the doctrine of human rights and the processes of global integration. His publications include: Reflexive Epistemology, Boston: Kluwer Publishers, 1989; Democracy and Complexity, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992; Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1996; Invoking Humanity: War, Law and Global Order, London: Continuum International, 2001; The Rule of Law: History, Theory and Criticism (ed. in co-operation), Dordrecht: Springer, 2007.