The currententhusiasmfortheruleoflawmustbeunderstoodinthecontextof the globalizationofthemarketeconomy.Onereasonforthegreatinterestin exportingandimportingtheruleoflawisabeliefthatglobalcapitalismcan be facilitatedbytheadoptionofagloballanguage.Ononeside,thosewhoare already fluentinthelegallanguageofglobalization—forexample,largecorporate law firms, investmentbanks,andbusinessconsultants—are anxioustoexpand the domaininwhichtheycanoperatewiththeirowntoolsandapproaches—in other words,toextendtheirhegemony.Ontheotherside,thosewholong operatedoutsidethatlanguageandtherulesofthegamethatitcontemplates, for exampleSouthKoreanandJapaneseconglomerates—the chaebolsandthe keiretsu—may seekaccesstothesamelanguageandtoolsinordertocompete effectivelyintheterrainofglobalcapitalism.Theprocessoflegalizingbusiness competitioninthismannertendstofocusonthedevelopmentofcorporateand commerciallaw,butthereisalsoawidespreadbeliefamongrule-of-lawpropo- nents thatreforminonearena—in particular,corporatelaw—will spilloverinto others—in particular,stategovernance.Evenifpushedtoagreatextentbythe transnationalcommercialside,theruleoflawwillcometothestateandthe domestic economy.