Authority in transnational legal theory: theorising across disciplines / edited by Roger Cotterrell and Maksymilian Del Mar

Includes bibliography and index

Contents: Introduction Roger Cotterrell and Maksymilian Del MarPART I CONCEIVING AUTHORITY: CHALLENGING AND DEFENDING TRADITIONAL APPROACHES1. Authority, Solid and Liquid, in Postnational Governance Nico Krisch2. Claims to Authority, Legal Systems, and Dynamic Social Phenomena Keith Culver and Michael Giudice3. The Modern State and the Concept of Authority Michel Troper4. Law's Authority and Overlapping Jurisdictions Haris Psarras PART II CONSTITUTIONALISM AND PLURALISM5. The Antinomies of Constitutional AuthorityNeil Walker6. The Evolution of Global Legal PluralismPaul Schiff BermanPART III HISTORICISING AUTHORITY7. Informal Authorities in European Private LawNils Jansen8. Imaginaries of Authority: Towards an Archaeology of Disagreement Maksymilian Del MarPART IV METHODS: NORMATIVE, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL 9. Transnational Legal Authority: A Socio-Legal Perspective Roger Cotterrell10. From Authority to Authorities: Bridging the Social / Normative Divide Nicole Roughan11. When Transnational Authority is Contingent: Three African Instances Sally Falk Moore PART V THE PRIVATISATION OF AUTHORITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY12. Theorising Transnational Authority: A Private International Law Perspective Horatia Muir Watt13. Expertise and Authority in Transnational Governance Sigrid Quack Concluding Reflections: Transnational Futures of Authority Roger Cotterrell and Maksymilian Del Mar Index

The increasing transnationalisation of regulation - and social life more generally - challenges the basic concepts of legal and political theory today. One of the key concepts being so challenged is authority. This discerning book offers a plenitude of resources and suggestions for meeting that challenge.