Introduction / Simon Lester and Bryan Mercurio -- The economics of PTAs / Pravin Krishna -- Political economy of PTAs / Olivier Cattaneo -- Bilateral versus plurilateral PTAs / David Evans -- Legal Requirements for PTAs under the WTO / Andrew D. Mitchell and Nicolas J.S. Lockhart -- PTAs and...

Explaining the rise of globalization -- Why globalization didn't happen, 1948-1982 -- Canada : to secure and enhance -- Mexico : rise of the technocrats -- USA : divided hegemon -- Economists cause globalization? -- Does business exist?

Pushing back on globalization : an introduction to regulation in Asia / John Gillespie and Randall Peerenboom -- The role of state, non-state, and hybrid actors in localizing global scripts in East Asia / John Gillespie -- Pushing against globalization : toward an analytic template / Michael...

Introduction -- The laws of the market system -- National law and globalization -- Globalization and the international law of treaties -- The laws of international organizations -- Globalization opposition and alternatives -- Emerging law and governance in the global economy -- Globalization and...