Making Globalization Happen

Vijayashri Sripati offers an original and important analysis of the UN and international institutions' role in Making Globalization Happen, placing constitution-making and reform at the centre of the analysis. This work makes an important contribution to our understanding and, most importantly, takes a non-Western perspective. It provides a detailed view of the hidden history and practices of globalization as a social, economic, and political process that was consciously enabled via the practices of international constitutionalization. * David Chandler, Professor of International Relations, University of Westminster * This is the first volume to knit the concepts of globalization and constitutionalism and to suggest a deep affinity between global economic constitutionalism and Third World constitutionalism. It is a richly provocative work. The criticism about TWAIL is justified; the proposed change into TWAIL-CL (TWAIL and international constitutional law) is highly original and thought-provoking. This is an inaugural work in this area. * Upendra Baxi, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and University of Delhi * Combining the terms rule of law and global capitalism seems sensible, even constructive, in parts of the world. In others, especially in former colonies, the combination can suggest continuing oppression and deepening dependency. Critical legal scholar Vijayashri Sripati explains why the latter response persists. She explores the constitutive global forces that animate law and politics in countries where most of the world's population resides. Her approach is analytical as well as polemical and intends to spark important debates. * Louis W. Pauly, FRSC, Distinguished Professor of Political Economy, University of Toronto *