"Political economy themes have - directly and indirectly - been a central concern of law and legal scholarship ever since political economy emerged as a concept

Events such as the global financial crisis have helped reveal that the drivers and contours of governance on a national and international level remain a mystery

The joint use of both economic and legal reasoning is well supported by the carefully selected examples and case studies, which clarify the issues under review.

This book is an inquiry into the role of law in the contemporary political economy of hunger. In the work of many international institutions, governments, and N