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In times of globalization

From Law and Contemporary Problems, a special issue on the practices of the International Criminal Court. Geoffrey M. Heal (Columbia) and Jisung Park (Harvard): Feeling the Heat: Temperature, Physiology and the Wealth of Nations. Richard A. Bales (Ohio Northern) et al: A Comparative Analysis of Labor Outsourcing. Lucas Melgaco (Vrije): Security and Surveillance in Times of Globalization: An Appraisal of Milton Santos’ Theory. Tor Krever (LSE): Dispensing Global Justice. Zelda Van der Velde (Tilburg) and Rianne Letschert (IVI): Collective Victimisation of Stateless Peoples: The Added Value of the Victim Label. Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm): Transparency and Openness. And still they come: Balancing the interests of migrant workers and the countries they live in. Uncontained: Trade is the weakest link in the fight against dirty money. When medicines don’t work anymore: The executive director of the South Centre warns that unless a global action plan is launched to tackle the crisis, we are facing a future in which antibiotics will no longer work. Ivan Krastev on why the world is filled with failed protest movements: The insurgencies are anti-political at their base. A review of The Dollar Trap: How the U.S. Dollar Tightened Its Grip on Global Finance by Eswar S. Prasad (and more). Eric Jones reviews Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World by Giorgio Riello. Several countries in Southeast Asia are among the world’s worst to work in, with workers suffering from regular rights violations, according to a new labor rights index. You can download Creative Districts around the World, ed. Lenia Marques and Greg Richards.