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Lex Sportiva : A Playground for Transnational Law
Author(s) -
Duval Antoine
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1468-0386
pISSN - 1351-5993
DOI - 10.1111/eulj.12067
Subject(s) - legal pluralism , globalization , law , political science , comparative law , international law , sociology , order (exchange) , field (mathematics) , object (grammar) , state (computer science) , law and economics , legal realism , economics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , finance , algorithm , computer science , pure mathematics
This article tackles the emergence of transnational law under the pressure of globalisation. It argues that lex sportiva , the law of international sport, is a fruitful research object in order to address three key questions raised by transnational law: What is transnational law? Is transnational law legitimate? How do we deal with transnational legal pluralism? We will address each of these questions separately, complementing each time a general analysis with empirical examples drawn from the field of lex sportiva . In our view, there is a pressing need for empirical work and pragmatic description of legal phenomena reaching beyond the state. Hence, we suggest lex sportiva as a suitable playground for transnational lawyers.