Transnational Law: A Framework for Analysis

Description

Globalisation impacts every aspect of modern society and today's law graduates are expected to deal with complex legal problems that require knowledge and training that goes beyond domestic law. This textbook provides an overview of how law is becoming increasingly transnational, facilitating theoretical and practical engagement with transnational legal institutions and phenomena. It advances an analytic framework that will help students to understand what to look for when they encounter transnational legal institutions and practices, and what are the practical and normative implications of their findings. By considering both the theory and practice of transnational law and taking a discursive approach to the material, students are encouraged to arrive at their own conclusions. Adopting interdisciplinary techniques and using case studies from around the world, this book offers a holistic, balanced exploration of a new and emerging discipline.

Michael W. Dowdle is an Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law. He was previously Visiting Chair in Globalization and Governance at Sciences Po in Paris. He also worked as a research fellow for the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) at the Australian National University, and for the Center for Chinese Legal Studies at the Columbia Law School. He has taught courses for the New York University School of Law, the University of Washington School of Law, and the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London.