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Lochner Disembedded: The Anxieties Of Law In A Global Context, Peer Zumbansen

Peer Zumbansen

This paper explores, in an inevitably cursory manner, some of the main challenges facing a legal theory of transnational governance today. In part building on and responding to William Twining's identification of key problems of law in a global context (2009; 2012), the following paper adopts a two-fold approach. One element is to suggest a conceptual architecture, which captures law in its transformational state through a focus on actors, norms, and processes. Second, the paper proposes case studies as a central methodological device to explore the nature, scope, and function of governance-both legal and nonlegal-in a global context. Through the …

Legal Pluralism And Legal Universalism In A Global Context, Neil Walker, Peer Zumbansen

Peer Zumbansen

Neil Walker, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, Edinburgh School of Law, speaks about "constitutional pluralism" in a global context. He explores the insights constitutional pluralism brings to transnational law, why it's particularly pertinent to the European Union, and the extent to which these insights might translate to the global stage. Respondent: Peer Zumbansen, Osgoode Hall Law School.

Transnational Law And Legal Pluralism: Methodological Challenges, Peer Zumbansen, Robert Wai, François Tanguay-Renaud

Peer Zumbansen

Peer Zumbansen, Osgoode Hall Law School, draws out the analogies and connections between long-standing legal sociological insights into pluralistic legal orders and present concerns regarding the fragmentation of law outside of the nation state.

Respondent: Robert Wai, Osgoode Hall Law School.

Foreword: Making A Case For Comparative Constitutionalism And Transnational Law, Craig M. Scott, Peer Zumbansen

Peer Zumbansen