Authority in transnational legal theory theorising across disciplines

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Roger Cotterrell and Maksymiliam Del Mar -- Authority, solid and liquid, in postnational governance / Nico Krisch -- Claims to authority, legal systems, and dyamic social phenomena / Keith Culver and Michael Giudice -- The modern state and the concept of authority / Michel Troper -- Law's authority and overlapping jurisdictions / Haris Psarras -- The antinomies of constitutional authority / Neil Walker -- The evolution of global legal pluralism / Paul Schiff Berman -- Informal authorities in European private law / Nils Jansen -- Imaginaries of authority : towards an archaeology of disagreement / Maksymiliam Del Mar -- Transnational legal authority : a socio-legal perspective / Roger Cotterrell -- From authority to authorities : bridging the social/normative divide / Nicole Roughan -- When transnational authority is contingent : three African instances / Sally Falk Moore -- Theorizing transnational authority : a private international law perspective / Horatia Muir Watt -- Expertise and authority in transnational governance / Sigrid Quack -- Concluding reflections : transnational futures of authority / Roger Cotterrell and Maksymilian Del Mar.