Introduction and editorial preface / Michael Faure and Andre van de Walt -- Democracy and (European) private law : a functional approach / Jan M. Smits -- Public accountability of translational rule making : a view from the European Union and beyond / Deirdre Curtin -- Private law in a globalizing world : economic criteria for choosing the optimal regulatory level in a multi-level government system / Roger Van den Bergh -- Globalization and harmonization of international trade law / Sieg Eiselen -- The relation between private law and administrative law in view of globalization / Frits Stroink -- Beyond parochialism? Transnational contextualization in constitutional interpretation in South Africa (with particular reference to jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court) / Lourens du Plessis -- Globalization, state commercial activity and the transformation of administrative law / Geo Quinot -- Globalization : selected developments in corporate law / Bas Steins Bisschop -- Globalization and corporate law / Philip Sutherland -- Civil procedure in a globalizing world / Remco van Rhee -- Fundamental rights in private law : anchors or goals in a globalizing legal order? / Siewert Lindenbergh -- Globalization and multi-level governance of environmental harm / Michael Faure -- The rule of law and judicial activism : obstacles for chaping the law to meet the demands of a civilized society, particularly in relation to climate change? / Jaap Spier -- Comparative and concluding remarks / Michael Faure and Andre van der Walt.