This project grew from a set of workshops at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the spring and fall of 2011, generously funded by the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Endowed Chair of Global Governance. Its humane vision has supported all of my work at UCSB, including this project, and I am immensely grateful. The fi rst workshop also benefi ted from critical seed funding and logistical assistance from the Orfalea Center of UCSB, with special thanks to Victor Faessel. I would like to express my appreciation for the participation of several colleagues, beyond those represented in these pages, whose perspectives were infl uential during the workshops. They include Paul Amar, Eve Darian-Smith, Hilal Elver, Richard Falk, and Lisa Hajjar from UCSB. The workshops also received valuable contributions from Asli Bali (University of California, Los Angeles); Jamie Mayerfeld (University of Washington); Peter Spiro (Temple University); and Kamala Visweswaran (University of Texas). The chapter authors included in this project have displayed a range of editorial virtues that deserve commendation above and beyond the scholarly prowess apparent in their contributions. Wayne Sandholtz, Tony Smith, and Arturo Jimenez endured multiple workshops and made multiple collegial contributions to the development of the collective enterprise. Meanwhile Claire Wright, Jinee Lokaneeta, Mark Berlin, and Gershon Shafi r crafted independent contributions on tight deadlines without the benefi t of workshops. Alejandro Anaya and Ludwig Beckman braved taxing international journeys and communications. Rachel Cichowski, Tony Smith, and Jinee Lokaneeta revised their work extensively, ably, quickly—and cheerfully. UCSB doctoral candidate Natasha Bennett provided an extraordinary range of much-appreciated logistical and editorial assistance over several years of the project. UCSB Master’s student Ashley Brown also gave very valuable support for the fi rst workshop. Antonio Gonzalez of UCSB, then University of California, Irvine, and currently University of California, San Diego, also participated in numerous research support capacities as he grew from undergraduate to graduate work. Routledge quickly provided a home for the project, constructive anonymous reviews, and timely and professional editorial support. We have all been inspired to think more deeply about the promise and pitfalls of the globalization of law by the decades of scholarship of Richard Falk.