The Future of Transnational Law L039;avenir du droit transnational

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In his famous 1956 Storrs lectures at Yale Law School, Philip Jessup defined lsquo;transnational lawrsquo; as including lsquo;all law which regulates actions or events that transcend national frontiersrsquo;. Since then, however, globalisation, European integration, global legal pluralism, the creation of the World Trade Organization WTO, and the rise of China and the other BRICS have profoundly altered the legal landscape. What is the future of transnational law What does lsquo;transnational lawrsquo; mean in an age marked by global legal pluralism and the emergence of new sites of governanceIs all law today lsquo;transnationalrsquo; How does transnational law relate to regional, national and local cultures and traditions Is transnational law limited to major players on the international stage, such as the European Union EU, the United States and China To what extent does it reflect the rise of the BRICSThis bilingual volume comprises a selection of the revised versions of papers first presented at the 9th International Workshop for Young Scholars WISH 9e Rencontre Internationale des Jeunes Chercheurs RIJC. WISHRIJC is an annual conference which seeks to bring together the most promising young scholars in specific fields of European Union law from universities of the EU Member States, and other countries in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa or Asia, including the United States, Canada, and China. Its objective is to identify and discuss themes which are likely to be the most significant topics of research in the field of European Union law in the first half of the 21st century. The 9th WISHRIJC was held at Peking University School of Transnational Law STL, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2012. It was the first WISHRIJC in China. It was organised by the European Law Journal ELJ, the Centre for Research on Transnational Law CTL at Peking University STL and the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, in cooperation with the Centre de Recherches Internationales et Communautaires CERIC, Aix-Marseille Universiteacute;, France. It discussed approaches to transnational law; transnational law and human rights; legal pluralism and risk regulation food and environment; public and private actors in transnational regulation; judges, experts and lawyers in the making of transnational law; and regionalism and transnationalism.Version numu00e9rique disponible sur Strada lex BelgiqueStrada lex LuxembourgStrada lex EuropeVous u00eates abonnu00e9 Activez gratuitement la version numu00e9rique gru00e2ce au code pru00e9sent dans lu2019ouvrage.