This provocative book is critically important reading for anyone seeking to understand the economic and political transformations of the current period in both the global South and North. It offers a broad theoretical framework along with detailed and fascinating case studies. The book is valuable for law and society scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, criminologists, and anyone interested in understanding the postcolonial world. It is also a very good text for graduate and advanced undergraduate students interested in socio-legal studies, conflict and violence, criminology, and globalization.