Law of the Future Series
The Law of the Future Series (LOTFS) is the fourth publication series of the Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (TOAEP). It is based on co-operation between TOAEP and the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL), whose Director, Dr. Sam Muller, is the Series Co-Editor, together with Professors Stavros Zouridis and Larry Catá Backer. The Series was established in October 2012, with the launch of its first volume in the Knights Hall in The Hague on 31 October 2012. It aims to promote future-oriented research in the field of law, premised on the assumption that prospective thinking about law and justice systems is not only desirable but also necessary, in order to ensure that they do not become obsolete, ineffective or unjust. Firmly committed to open access, neither TOAEP nor HiiL charges for the books in this Series. They can be accessed, downloaded or ordered through the links below.
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
Brussels, 2018
175 pages.
First published on 1 June 2018.
ISBN print: 978-82-8348-022-1.
ISBN e-book: 978-82-8348-023-8.
PURL: https://www.toaep.org/lotfs-pdf/4-zouridis-muller-polakovic.
Topic: This anthology develops the cornerstones of a more shockproof European rule of law strategy at a time when rule of law principles are increasingly contested within and beyond Europe. Arguing that a strategy which merely restates principles and sanctions non-compliant governments is destined to fail, its 10 chapters – emerging from the EU-funded FLAGSHIP research project – combine legal and political science perspectives from around the world. Topics include transnational governance and private regulation, order and justice in global governance, Russia’s changing legal environment, Brazilian trans-constitutionalism, constitutional flexibility in an unstable age, transnational crime, the future of international criminal law, and the global climate constitution.
Keywords: Rule of law in Europe; European legal and governance strategies; Rechtsstaat; transnational governance; global constitutionalism; transnational private regulation; future of international criminal law; law of the future.
Contributors: Abiodun Williams, Andrea Renda, Christian Joerges, Ekaterina A. Mishina, Fabrizio Cafaggi, Kevin C. Hughes, Marcelo Neves, Peter Polakovic, Philip L. Reichel, René Lefeber, Sam Muller, Serge Brammertz, Stavros Zouridis, Tom Ginsburg.
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
The Hague, 2012
537 pages.
First published on 24 December 2012.
ISBN: 978-82-93081-84-5.
PURL: https://www.toaep.org/lotfs-pdf/3-berman-duquet-pauwelyn-wessel-wouters.
Topic: This anthology compiles case studies of informal international lawmaking (‘IN-LAW’) – co-operation that dispenses with the formalities of traditional international law in its processes, actors or output – across diverse policy areas including finance, investment, competition, pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, food safety, human rights, disaster management and the diamond trade. Responding to criticism of IN-LAW’s ‘accountability deficits’, its 15 chapters move beyond description to ask how accountable bodies such as the G20, APEC, the Financial Stability Board and the Kimberley Process are to their constituents and to those affected by their decisions, and examine how IN-LAW output is received in domestic legal systems, using the Netherlands and Brazil as case studies.
Keywords: Informal international lawmaking; IN-LAW; accountability in global governance; G20; transnational regulatory networks; soft law; international financial regulation; law of the future.
Contributors: Ana Mara França Machado, Ayelet Berman, Dylan Geraets, Eliza Malathouni, Ina Verzivolli, Jan Wouters, Joost Pauwelyn, Larry Catá Backer, Leonard F.M. Besselink, Luca Corredig, Maciej Konrad Borowicz, Megan Smith, Pierre M. Horna, Ramses A. Wessel, Salem H. Nasser, Sanderijn Duquet, Shawn Donnelly, Takao Suami, Victoria Vidal.
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
The Hague, 2012
397 pages.
First published on 31 October 2012.
ISBN: 978-82-93081-82-1.
PURL: https://www.toaep.org/lotfs-pdf/2-muller-zouridis.
Topic: This anthology applies strategy theory to law and justice systems, pursuing a deceptively simple question: who strategizes for the legal system? Building on HiiL’s Law of the Future project and its Law Scenarios to 2030, its ‘think pieces’ by thought and practice leaders examine why law as a strategy remains a blind spot for lawyers and legal scholars. Contributors reflect on justice strategies for national and international courts, international organizations, and countries in transition, covering procedural justice, judicial dialogue, ICC complementarity, and evidence-based justice policy. The anthology seeks to catalyse broad discussion on coherent justice-sector strategy.
Keywords: Legal and justice strategies; strategy theory and law; justice sector reform; judicial strategy; national and international courts; ICC complementarity; law of the future; HiiL Law Scenarios to 2030.
Contributors: Adama Dieng, Adel Maged, Akbar Khan, Alex Brenninkmeijer, Ana Palacio, Bernard Bot, Bert Niemeijer, Birgit Spiesshofer, Boudewijn Sirks, Elaine Mak, Erik Wennerström, Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Fausto Pocar, Frans L. Leeuw, Geert Corstens, Guy De Vel, Håkan Friman, Jan Wouters, John Braithwaite, Karen I. Tse, Kenneth Chan, Kimberly Prost, Krijn van Beek, Larry Catá Backer, Linn Hammergren, Lousewies van der Laan, Mark Ellis, Michiel Scheltema, Reindert Kuiper, Robert Visser, Roelof Haveman, Sam Muller, Stavros Zouridis, Wilhelmina Thomassen, Willem van Genugten.
Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher
The Hague, 2012
503 pages.
First published on 31 October 2012.
ISBN: 978-82-93081-80-7.
PURL: https://www.toaep.org/lotfs-pdf/1-muller-zouridis-frishman-kistemaker.
Topic: This anthology maps trends in the global legal environment through readable ‘think pieces’ by thought leaders addressing a central question: how will law evolve in the coming decades? Organized around six perspectives – the movement towards a global legal system, connections with global issues, technology, states, trade and private actors, and law in its context – its contributions range from William Twining’s ten theses on globalization and law to David M. Eagleman on neuroscience, the rights of robots, medical-legal partnership, and justice’s relation to peace and development. Concluding reflections by Jan Smits draw out common threads in this exercise in serious legal futurology.
Keywords: Law of the future; future of law; legal futurology; globalization and law; global legal system; law and technology; legal trends; law and development.
Contributors: Albert Lin, Andrew R. Forbes, Austin Onuoha, Benjamin J. Odoki, Christina Biebesheimer, Christopher H. Bovis, Clark D. Cunningham, Claudia J. Dumas, Colin Scott, Dacian C. Dragos, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, David M. Eagleman, David S. Levine, Edward Rubin, Elisa Morgera, Ellen M. Lawton, Frank Vibert, Gabrielle Marceau, Hassane Cisse, Himamauli Das, Imelda Maher, Jacqueline D. Lipton, Jan Smits, Ji Weidong, Jim Dator, Larry Catá Backer, Laura Kistemaker, Lokke Moerel, Lucky Belder, Madeleine de Cock Buning, Martijn W. Scheltema, Mary E. Footer, Maurits Barendrecht, Mauro Zamboni, Morly Frishman, Richard Nash, Rik Torfs, Roeland de Bruin, Rolf H. Weber, S.I. Strong, Sam Muller, Sarah Isgur Flores, Severin de Wit, Song Sang-Hyun, Stavros Zouridis, Surya Deva, William Twining.
