The plurality trilemma: a geometry of global legal thought

Provides a comprehensive introduction to global legal thought.

It argues that economic globalization and digitalization have induced significant insecurity about the future of human social organization.

While traditional international law as a system based on the consent of national states is in the process of rapid adaptation to its new social preconditions, a variety of transnational regulatory levels compete for legal authority.

In this process of change, there is more need than ever to guide the theoretical understanding because academic concepts have a crucial influence on the emerging practice of global law.

This book highlights which choices are available and argues that global law requires taking a stand in mutually irreconcilable choices.