In the Name of the International: The Supreme Court of Canada and the Internationalist Transformation of Canadian Private International Law
Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 39, pp.117-209, 2001
47 Pages Posted: 27 Apr 2010
Date Written: 2001
Abstract
Globalization and internationalization are pervasive in contemporary cultural, political, and economic policy discourses. Not surprisingly, a concern with internationalization and globalization increasingly characterizes the policy discourses of law. While the law often operates at a lag to broader social trends, it is sometimes more active in constituting such trends. This article is concerned with a striking episode of legal change oriented towards the perceived new realities of the international system, which occurred in the unlikely venue of private international law in Canada.
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