Entangled Legalities Beyond the State

The book explores how law is entangled with other social, political, and economic systems, suggesting that it is better understood as an interconnected web. It examines a range of issue areas and uses empirical insights to inform new theoretical approaches to law.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 11 November 2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Law is commonly perceived as an organized and coherent system, yet this volume demonstrates that it is frequently more accurately described as an intricate web. By bringing together renowned experts from law, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, and political theory, the book also suggests that entanglement has been a defining feature of law throughout much of its history. The book redirects attention to the strategies employed by actors to establish connections and distances between various legal systems within domestic, transnational, and international contexts. It explores a diverse array of issue areas, ranging from the interplay between state and indigenous orders to the regulation of global financial markets, from corporate social responsibility to conflicts over human rights. By utilizing these empirical findings, the book contributes to the development of new theoretical frameworks for law and by placing the entanglements between norms from different origins at the center of the study of law, it presents fresh avenues for future legal research. Additionally, this title is also available as Open Access.

Weight: 748g
Dimension: 153 x 231 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108823791