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Anagnou, M. Globalization of Law and Legal Theory?. . From Co-Evolution Towards a Global Perspective to Differentiation in Multi-Level and Regression to National Perspectives. Rechtstheorie, 54(2), 145-163. https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.2024.360631
Anagnou, Mary "Globalization of Law and Legal Theory?. From Co-Evolution Towards a Global Perspective to Differentiation in Multi-Level and Regression to National Perspectives. " Rechtstheorie 54.2, 2023, 145-163. https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.2024.360631
Anagnou, Mary (2023): Globalization of Law and Legal Theory?, in: Rechtstheorie, vol. 54, iss. 2, 145-163, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/rth.2024.360631

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Globalization of Law and Legal Theory?

From Co-Evolution Towards a Global Perspective to Differentiation in Multi-Level and Regression to National Perspectives

Anagnou, Mary

Rechtstheorie, Vol. 54 (2023), Iss. 2 : pp. 145–163

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Dr. Mary Anagnou, External Scientific Associate at the University of Aegean, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University Hill 81100 Mytilene, Griechenland

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Globalization of Law and Legal Theory? 145
From Co-Evolution Towards a Global Perspective to Differentiation in Multi-Level and Regression to National Perspectives 145
I. The Contribution of Globalization on the Evolution of Law and Legal Theory (1945–2000) 146
1. National (State-Centric) Law. Law Within the State The Fragmentation of National Legal Orders and Theories in Space 147
2. International Law: Law Beyond State Globalization as a Catalyst of an International Law & Legal Theory in the Making 148
3. Transnational Law: Law Across States 149
4. Supranational Law: Law Without State A New and Sui Generis (EU) Legal Theory for a Sui Generis Organization 150
5. Alternative or Supplementary Concepts and Terms of International Law? 151
II. Theorizing the “New (Multi-Legal) World Order”. The Impact of Globalization on Legal Thought 152
1. Theory of Legal Change. The Role of “Legal Transplantation” to the Globalization of Law 153
2. Characteristics of the New Legal Order 153
a) Between Fragmentation and Unity. From the Idea of a “Unified Law” Towards a Global Legal Pluralism and Vice Versa? 154
aa) Fragmentation and Diversification of Legal Regimes as a Precondition to Legal Pluralism 154
bb) A Transformation of Sovereign State or a New Role For States/Sovereignty? 155
3. Globalization and Legal Thought. Towards a New Legal Theory? 155
a) Towards the Adoption of a Global Perspective Not the Construction of a Grand (Globalized) Legal Theory 156
III. A Backlash of Globalization, a Return to Nation-State, National Law, and Theory? The EU Paradigm 158
1. Multilevel Crises as a Challenge to a Globalized Humanity and Legal Theory? The “Side-Effects” of Globalization 158
a) 11/9/2001: Security Crisis as “Threat” to Globalization? 159
b) Global Financial Crisis (2009–…) and “Slowbalization” 160
c) Migration Crisis: The Culmination of a Perpetual Problem/“The Dark Side of Globalization” 160
d) Pandemic: Globalization as a Mechanism of Disease Transmission (2020–2022) 161
e) Concluding Remarks 162
IV. Conclusions: From National Law and Legal Theory to a Universalized Law and Legal Theory Through Globalization. Is a Transition Possible and Necessary Nowadays? 162