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This paper examines the foundations of economic neoliberalism and underlines the implications of the foundations of this economic theory in its reliance on economic value as ownership, property, and commodity which misdirects economic inquiry from the real value of human capital as the proper foundation of a viable economic system. It focuses on the role of a selective emphasis on rules of international law for the protection of private property. These rules indirectly influence economic theory in general in the sense that commodity is made to be near absolute, and to be insulated from regulation. The paper explores these ideas in the context of major neoliberal theorists and stresses flaws of the theory of ownership as well as the flaws in the myth of the market as a form of economic activity immune to rational regulation. The paper goes on to stress the emphasis of the destruction of the so called "deep state." The attack on the deep state is reinforced by an academic interest group loosely styled "The Law and Economics Movement." The paper emphasizes the politico economic costs of the the demolition of the so called deep state, which is essentially a social democratic state. One of the consequences of this form of economic advocacy is the possibility of rule by plutocracy. This will mean the destruction of the constitutional foundations of the state. The paper also underlines an important aspect of the jurisprudence of neoliberalism which is rooted in the theory that law must be done from the point of view of the bad man and be completely separated from basic morality and values. This is applied to economic theory and makes for a sharp chasm and basic human rights values. There is clearly a need for more effective forms of interest representation representing the vital importance of human capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the light of the countless hours invested in the development of the Sustainable Development Goals--the set of targets and indicators relating to future international human and sustainable development, which replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the end of 2015 --by hundreds of the world's top minds, in addition to more than twenty-five years of analysis associated with the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the MDGs, international lawyers and economists may wonder whether there is room for a new theory of sustainable development. It might seem counterintuitive to presume that new light might be shed on this vastly over-analyzed concept. However, the goal of this article is indeed to bring a new understanding to this important idea by assaying the current dominant legal theory of neo-liberalism and the radical inequality it promotes, and unpacking processes and identifying insights from advanced legal theory for the development of a new theory of sustainable development, with a primary focus on counteracting radical inequality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers profile of law professor Winston P. Nagan with the dedication touches on a few specifics regarding the depth, and power and commitment to social justice and human rights recognition in Africa and experiential learning and clinical legal education.

The article examine the jurisprudential basis of property laws for indigenous in the U.S. Topics discussed include importance of property to indigenous peoples; neoliberal political economy and its notions of private property; concept of indigenous ownership of real and intellectual property; and challenges to indigenous ownership of land faced by Shuar people of Ecuador.