The Plurality Trilemma: A Geometry of Global Legal Thought (Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law)

This Book Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To Global Legal Thought. It Argues That Economic Globalization And Digitalization Have Induced Significant Insecurity About The Future Of Human Social Organization. While Traditional International Law As A System Based On The Consent Of National States Is In The Process Of Rapid Adaptation To Its New Social Preconditions, A Variety Of Transnational Regulatory Levels Compete For Legal Authority. In This Process Of Change, There Is More Need Than Ever To Guide The Theoretical Understanding Because Academic Concepts Have A Crucial Influence On The Emerging Practice Of Global Law. This Book Highlights Which Choices Are Available And Argues That Global Law Requires Taking A Stand In Mutually Irreconcilable Choices--back Cover. Introduction : Theory, Practice, And Meta-theory -- 2. Global Legal Thought And Plurality -- 3. Taming Plurality Through Formal Legal Rationality : Habermasian Approaches To Global Law -- 4. Unleashing Conflict : Post-modern Luhmannian Approaches To Global Law -- 5. Process And Harmonizing Principles : Dworkinian Approaches To Global Law -- 6. The Plurality Trilemma : The Contingent Geometry Of Global Legal Thought -- 7. Conclusion: Icarus. David Roth-isigkeit. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to global legal thought. It argues that economic globalization and digitalization have induced significant insecurity about the future of human social organization. While traditional international law as a system based on the consent of national states is in the process of rapid adaptation to its new social preconditions, a variety of transnational regulatory levels compete for legal authority. In this process of change, there is more need than ever to guide the theoretical understanding because academic concepts have a crucial influence on the emerging practice of global law. This book highlights which choices are available and argues that global law requires taking a stand in mutually irreconcilable choices.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Introduction: Theory, Practice, and Meta-Theory (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 1-30 Global Legal Thought and Plurality (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 31-78 Taming Plurality Through Formal Legal Rationality: Habermasian Approaches to Global Law (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 79-127 Unleashing Conflict: Post-modern Luhmannian Approaches to Global Law (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 129-170 Process and Harmonizing Principles: Dworkinian Approaches to Global Law (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 171-218 The Plurality Trilemma: The Contingent Geometry of Global Legal Thought (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 219-255 Conclusion: Icarus (David Roth-Isigkeit)....Pages 257-279 Back Matter ....Pages 281-287