Regulatory Hybridization in the Transnational Sphere

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Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

PART I: CONTRASTING CONCEPTS OF NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL LAW

Observing (the) Law: The “Epistemological Turn” in Public Law and the Evolution of Global Administrative Law

Of Round Pegs and Square Holes: International Law and the Private Sector

Law and Legal Pluralism: Hybridity in Transnational Governance

PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DRIVING FORCES OF TRANSNATIONAL HYBRID REGULATION

Regulatory Hybridization in International Intellectual Property Law

Regulation of Internet Jurisdiction for B2B Commercial Transactions: EU and US Compared

Dynamics of International Harmonization and Divergence of Safety Standards: The Regulatory Hybridization of Automobile and Food Safety

PART III: VERTICAL CONFLICTS: NORM CREATION FROM “BENEATH” AND FROM “ABOVE”

Are Expert Networks Driving the Trend towards Soft Transnational Coordination?

Transnational Regulatory Networks

PART IV: HORIZONTAL CONFLICTS: THE TENSION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSNATIONAL NORMS

Rules of Recognition: A Legal Constructivist Approach to Transnational Private Regulation

The Concept of Participation in the Making of Transnational Law: Legitimization and Normativity in the Transnational Sphere

State Immunity and Breaches of Fundamental Human Rights

PART V: CONFLICT OF LAWS AND CONSTITUTIONALIZATION IN THE TRANSNATIONAL SPHERE

The Impact of Transnational Customs on Private International Law

Does Transnational Family Law Exist? Should Adult Relationships be Freed from National Protective Norms?

Between Integration and Compatibility: The Reconfiguration of Cognitive and Normative Structures in Transnational Hybrid Law

Index