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Why Is International Law Changing? Primary Factors In The Greater Complexity Of International Law, Marcelo Dias Varella
Why Is International Law Changing? Primary Factors In The Greater Complexity Of International Law, Marcelo Dias Varella
Marcelo D. Varella
This paper examines factors of change in post-national law, particularly the effects of globalization on the international legal order. The end of the cold enabled the strengthening of international law through new legal norms and the emergence of post-national law. Among the principal factors accelerating the internationalization of law has been the emergence of a multipolar political and economic order. In the political realm, the end of the bipolar system between the United States and the Soviet Union allowed the emergence of various actors and made possible the construction of power in the international sphere through legal rules. Economically, a …
Effects Of Globalization On The Theory Of International Law, Marcelo Dias Varella
Effects Of Globalization On The Theory Of International Law, Marcelo Dias Varella
Marcelo D. Varella
International legal theory is an object that is intensely reshaped and rebuilt, largely due to globalization processes. The way that actors create, implement and control international law is far more prevalent today than it used to be thirty years ago. There is an intensification of the transnational legal process. The dichotomy between national and international law is much less clear. The primary actor continues to involve States, but there is a multiplication and densification of the role of sub-state and non-state actors. A dynamic process prevails over the static one; there is a continuous transformation of international law, by both …