Advancing the Research Agenda on Global Environmental Law

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ID4609985
AutoresElisa Morgera (0000-0002-5234-8784, University of Strathclyde, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen8
Número3
Páginas399-403
Fecha de publicación2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s2047102519000359
OpenAlexW2984008461
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

This Symposium Collection arises from the international symposium on 'Global Environmental Law' (Glasgow (United Kingdom) (UK)), 4-5 September 2017), 1 which aimed to discuss whether and to what extent the emerging concept of global environmental law (GEL) can help in shedding new light on the evolution and challenges of environmental law across different levels and sectors. 2 The symposium spanned theoretical, doctrinal, and methodological reflections. It took as a common point of departure Neil Walker's Intimations of Global Law, 3 considering it as a synthesis of several theories that speak to global law (including global administrative law, legal pluralism, and the constitutionalization of international law). The symposium provided an opportunity in particular to discuss Walker's argument that global law embodies a commitment to understanding the 'pattern of heavily overlapping, mutually connected and openly extended institutions, norms and processes' that are 'present across and between a range of [legal] sites and purport to cover all actors and activities relevant to its remit across the globe' and have 'an endorsement or commitment to a shared purpose or common political morality that may be explicitly invoked or implied'. 4 The symposium also constituted an invitation to engage with the distinctions between GEL and transnational environmental law (TEL). 5 While both notions may

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