Transnational Law, Evolving

This paper is a chapter in Jan Smits (ed.), Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (2nd ed., 2012, Edward Elgar), 899-925.

Osgoode CLPE Research Paper No. 27/2011

King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2014-29

27 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last revised: 25 Aug 2014

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Peer C. Zumbansen

McGill University, Faculty of Law; King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law

Date Written: December 15, 2011

Abstract

This chapter is the substantively revised and expanded version of the original contribution to the first edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (J.Smits, ed. 2006, 738-754). It reviews and discusses the theoretical scholarship of transnational law, going back to Philip Jessup’s introduction of the term in the 1950s and tracing it to the present day. The chapter highlights the relevance and potential of transnational law – as a method of law and legal theory rather than as distinct or even new ‘field’ of law. It is therefore appropriate to investigate the processes and forms of transnationalization as they have changed important areas of law. The chapter focuses, in particular, on commercial law with an emphasis on the so-called law merchant, or the lex mercatoria, on corporate law and corporate governance regulation, international human rights law and transnational human rights litigation, comparative and transnational constitutionalism, transnational legal anthropology as well as the more recent emergence of ‘global administrative law’. It closes with a few reflections on the impact of this transformation of law on current attempts of curriculum reform and law school competition.

Keywords: Transnational Law, Regulation, Global Governance, Corporate Law, Administrative Law, lex mercatoria, legal pluralism, comparative constitutional law, human rights, legal education

JEL Classification: K30

Suggested Citation

Zumbansen, Peer C., Transnational Law, Evolving (December 15, 2011). This paper is a chapter in Jan Smits (ed.), Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (2nd ed., 2012, Edward Elgar), 899-925., Osgoode CLPE Research Paper No. 27/2011, King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2014-29, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1975403 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1975403

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