Beyond territoriality : transnational legal authority in an age of globalization / edited by Gunther Handl & Joachim Zekoll.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Extra-territoriality and transnational legal authority / Community and jurisdictional authority / Extra-territorial legal problems in a world without nations : what the medieval jurists could teach us / Defining the space of transnational law : legal theory, global governance and legal pluralism / Governance without government : an overview / Extra-territoriality of pollution control laws from a European perspective / The curious legal landscape of the extra-territoriality of US environmental laws / Territoriality and extra-territoriality in intellectual property law / Access of transnational litigation to American courts : re-thinking the adequacy of alternative forum and interests in global efficiency / Constitutions in transfer : territoriality and extra-territoriality / The territoriality and migration of fundamental rights / Maritime law, the epitome of transnational legal authority / Jurisdiction in cyberspace / Transnational capital market regulation and the role of the stock exchange / Transnational legal authority in competition law and governance : territoriality, commonality and networks / Modern international investment law as an example of extra-territorial law-making and law-enforcement / Extra-territoriality in the context of WTO law / Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, a problem of extra-territoriality / Constructing transnational climate regimes / The regulatory landscape of global governance and transnational legal authority / Günther Handl -- Adeno Addis -- James Gordley -- Peer Zumbansen -- Larry Catä Backer -- Eckhard Rehbinder -- Jonathan Remy Nash -- Alexander Peukert -- Edward F. Sherman -- Günther Frankenberg -- Stefan Kadelbach -- Martin Davies -- Joachim Zekoll -- Onnig H. Dombalagian -- Imelda Maher -- Rainier Hofmann -- Friedl Weiss -- Michael Bothe -- Eric Dannenmaier -- Peer Zumbansen.

This book traces the evolution of transnational legal authority in the course of globalization. Representative case studies buttress its conclusion that today transnational authority is multifaceted, a phenomenon that renders unreliable the concepts of territoriality/extraterritoriality as global governance markers.

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