The Tools of Law that Shape Capitalism

And How Altering Their Use Could Give Form to a More Just Society

Koen Byttebier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 239 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-24184-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Koen Byttebier, Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Introduction.- Main legal building stones of the capitalist socio-economic order.- Neoliberalism.- Some major unanswered challenges of our times.- Some thoughts on a monetary way out.- Introducing a universal "care state" model.- A new focus on man.- General conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.09.2020
Reihe/Serie	Economic and Financial Law & Policy – Shifting Insights & Values
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 239 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Schlagworte	Alternatives for state financing • Future of the socio-economic system • Introducing the care state model • Legal methods of capitalism • Values of capitalism
ISBN-10	3-030-24184-X / 303024184X
ISBN-13	978-3-030-24184-1 / 9783030241841
Zustand	Neuware