"Transnational Legal Studies: law in its social context
The traditional distinctions between national, European and international law fail to capture the nature of law in a globalizing world. Cross-border phenomena such as terrorism, economic interdependence, migration, global warming and the internet invite us to use and think about law in ways challenging to traditional ideas of sovereignty and jurisdiction. Transnational legal studies focuses on law beyond the state. Students learn to address law as a phenomenon in its social, theoretical, symbolic and policy context.
Issues the programme deals with
Some examples of issues the Master's programme deals with are:
Is there any way of achieving a Europe without barriers to movement while still preserving national identities and laws?
How are ideas of risk and security used in international law to create new legal regimes and justify interventions?
Is the European crisis of economics, society, and identity all about a dysfunctional EU, or is it a crisis of aimless and path-dependent nations?
Is law-making at the international and European level effective, democratic and necessary? Whose interests does it serve? How are economics, politics and individual rights related at the transnational level?"
http://www.vu.nl/en/programmes/international-masters/programmes/r-z/transnational-legal-studies/index.asp
BIG questions...
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