Here is the question legal academics have been asking for the last few years. Did the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) that began in the United States with the fall of Lehman Brothers in 2008, and eventually spread to slow growth in most of the worlds major economies – including here in Spain –...

After a quarter of a century of market reform, China has become the workshop of the world and the leading growth engine of the global economy. Its immense labour force accounts for some twenty-nine per cent of the world's total labour pool but all too little is known about Chinese labour beyond...

This article introduces the "Born Global" concept into the discussion of law firms and lawyers. Born Global firms are companies that globalize at an accelerated rate. This article illustrates that English and American law firms are the precursors to Born Global companies and highlights how the...

Between 2001 and 2003, one of Australia's "oldest, richest and proudest corporations," James Hardie Industries, restructured itself into a global corporation headquartered in the Netherlands. In so doing, it reduced its tax liability. It also "separated itself" from its two original Australian...

Millions of people in the world struggle to survive in extreme economic deprivation, and deteriorating conditions have highlighted the failure of international development policies to "lift all boats." The complex and globalized context of poverty compels social justice lawyers to innovate...