Subjects 2009
Law, Globalisation and Development 732723
- Credited Courses: Graduate Diploma in Government Law 178; Graduate Diploma in Government Law 178; Graduate Diploma in International Economic Law 891; Graduate Diploma in International Economic Law 891; Graduate Diploma in International Law 323; Graduate Diploma in International Law 323; Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies L08; Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333; Master of Law and Development 635; Master of Law and Development 635; Master of Laws (LLM) 502; Master of Laws (LLM) 502; Master of Public and International Law 511; Master of Public and International Law 511
Objectives
A student who has successfully completed this subject should:
- Be able to identify the classical arguments in support of linking law to the state
- Have a basic knowledge of the methodological challenges in identifying non-law sources of social regulation (‘Legal Pluralism’)
- Be able to contextualise arguments about regulation in the context of nation-state-based ‘government’ and ‘post-regulatory’ and transnational ‘governance’ concepts
- Be able to assess the historical and theoretical conditions for the transition from inter-national to transnational law
- Be able to understand the evolution of theories, experiences and policies in the area of ‘law and development’, including the central actors, institutions and theoretical approaches.
Syllabus
- Part I: Law, state and sovereignty
- Law and the state
- From inter-national law to transnational law
- Part II: From government to governance: The rise of transnational legal pluralism
- Legal pluralism, old and new
- Governance and transnational legal pluralism
- Part III: Rights and development
- Transnational economic governance and development
