Advanced Introduction to Transnational Law

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of transnational law as an expanding area of legal theory and practice. Detailing the wealth of norm production by private actors both inside and beyond state boundaries, Peer Zumbansen highlights the continuities between long-standing processes of state transformation and privatization and the emergence of transnational governance regimes. Central to the book’s argument for a methodological understanding of transnational law is its engagement with the actors, norms and processes of law in a global context.Key Features:Assesses transnational law as a methodological framework to study the transformation of lawEvaluates interdisciplinary theoretical and practical approaches to law in a global contextAnalyses its impact on legal education and practice at the intersection of public and private lawOffers pertinent case studies spanning global value chains, modern slavery, digitalization and security infrastructuresPresents a comprehensive introduction to an evolving field and situates its expansion in relation to questions of globalization, postcolonial theory and cross-border governanceWhile this Advanced Introduction offers a state-of-the-art account of existing scholarship and frontline developments in legal theory, the book illustrates the relevance of transnational law across a compelling range of timely and practice-relevant case study examples.