The inability of national governments to solve the world's major problems is examined, and various suggestions for solving the problems through an international government and transnational action are discussed. There are four chapters. Chapter 1 discusses changes in international relations which are resulting in a collapse of the "Old…

States that resistance to human-rights principles derives from cultural views of life. Explains that the debate about human rights tends to be framed in terms of either a universal or relative standard of how countries should treat their citizens and how the citizens should treat one another. (CMK)

A discussion of legal education needs for a global industrial and science-based economy looks at influential demographic and economic trends, sketches several possible scenarios for the future of world trade, and outlines steps and considerations in designing an appropriate transnational legal curriculum. (MSE)