Abstract This essay attempts to bring out a theory of imperial law that is able to explain post_Cold War changes in the general proces of Americanization in legal thinking.

Abstract

This essay attempts to bring out a theory of imperial law that is able to explain post_Cold War changes in the general proces of Americanization in legal thinking.

INTRODUCTION *

This essay attempts to perform the operations indicated in a theory of imperial law that is able to explain post-Cold War changes in the general proces of Americanization in legal thinking. My claim is that "imperial law" is now a dominant layer of world-wide legal hypothesiss (1) Imperial law is produc in the interest of international capital, by the agency of a variety of both public and private institutions, all sharing a gap in legitimacy, sometimes called the