Zusammenfassung
This collection of essays examines the effects of law's de-nationalisation by placing European law in the context of transnational law. It shows us how transnational law forces us to rethink our basic legal concepts and proposes an approach beyond the dichotomy of national and international law.

Inhalt

Introduction Kaarlo Tuori and Suvi Sankari; 1. Transnational law: on legal hybrids and legal perspectivism Kaarlo Tuori; Part I. Law Beyond the State(s): 2. Transnational legal thought: Plato, Europe and beyond H. Patrick Glenn; 3. Beyond the archetypes of modern legal thought: appraising old and new forms of interaction between legal orders Enzo Cannizzaro and Beatrice I. Bonafè; 4. The cosmopolitan constitution Alexander Somek; 5. On liberalism and legal pluralism Ralf Michaels; Part II. European Law: 6. Rethinking EU law in the light of pluralism and practical reason Joxerramon Bengoetxea; 7. European human rights pluralism: notion and justification Samantha Besson; 8. Rethinking justice for the EU Sionaidh Douglas-Scott; 9. Legitimacy without democracy in the EU? Perspectives on the constitutionalisation of Europe through law Christian Joerges; Part III. The Law's Divisions: 10. Rethinking the public/private divide Hans Micklitz; 11. Private law in a post-national society: from ex post to ex ante governance Jan Smits; 12. Transnational public law in Europe: beyond the lex alius loci Giacinto della Cananea; 13. The law of the Internet between globalisation and localisation Oreste Pollicino and Marco Bassini; 14. Epilogue Neil Walker.