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Theorising the Global Legal Order

Andrew Halpin, Volker Roben Orcid Logo

Theorising the Global Legal Order, Pages: 1 - 23 and 273

Swansea University Author: Volker Roben Orcid Logo

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Defends the analytic approach to theorising the global legal order. Develops McCormick's institutional theory for the law above the state. Argues that the process of globalisation irritates and dislodges legal institutions hatched originally in domestic law, locates them in a vertically and hor...

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Published in: Theorising the Global Legal Order
Published: Hart Publishing 2009
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5068
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Abstract: Defends the analytic approach to theorising the global legal order. Develops McCormick's institutional theory for the law above the state. Argues that the process of globalisation irritates and dislodges legal institutions hatched originally in domestic law, locates them in a vertically and horizontally defined global law context, and puts them on a deeper normative foundations.
Item Description: “Introduction” and “Concluding Reflections” by editors of the Global Legal Order, which assembles a range of conceptual approaches to theorising the global legal order. Represents the outcome of an international conference held in Swansea.
Keywords: Theory iof global and international law
College: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Start Page: 1
End Page: 23 and 273