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Legal Pluralism and Hybrid Governance: Bridging Two Research Lines
Author(s) -
Reyntjens Filip
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/dech.12221
Subject(s) - pluralism (philosophy) , corporate governance , legal pluralism , bridging (networking) , sociology , law and economics , legal culture , political science , epistemology , law , legal research , management , economics , legal realism , computer science , philosophy , computer network
Legal pluralism and hybrid governance are two lines of research that address the interactions between state (official) and non‐state (unofficial) norms. Both come to similar observations, yet they seem hardly aware of each other's existence. With very few exceptions, the one does not refer to the other. This article seeks to explore whether links can be established. It presents both lines of research, identifies common ground, explores what they can learn from each other, and seeks to find whether the distance can be bridged. It concludes that legal pluralism and hybrid governance could be mutually reinforcing if scholars in the two lines were aware of and used each other's findings and methods, and saw each other as complementary.