"Examining the rise of private transnational legal codes and supranational institutions such as the World Trade Organization and universal human rights covenants, Sassen argues that sovereignty remains an important feature of the international system, but that it is no longer confined to the nation-state. Sassen posits that a profound transformation is taking place, a partial de-nationalizing of national territory evidenced in agreements such as NAFTA and the European Union."@en
"Examining the rise of private transnational legal codes and supranational institutions such as the World Trade Organization and universal human rights covenants, Sassen argues that sovereignty remains an important feature of the international system, but that it is no longer confined tot he nation-state. Sassen argues that a profound transformation is taking place, a partial de-nationalizing of national territory seen in such agreements as NAFTA and the European Union."
"Examining the rise of private transnational legal codes and supranational institutions such as the World Trade Organization and universal human rights covenants, Sassen argues that sovereignty remains an important feature of the international system, but that it is no longer confined tot he nation-state. Sassen posits that a profound transformation is taking place, a partial de-nationalizing of national territory evidenced in agreements such as NAFTA and the European Union."@en

Losing control? : sovereignty in an age of globalization