Governance in Times of <em>Globalisation</em>: the Kaleidoscope of the Legal System

<p>In the last few decades, the West has been deeply transformed by globalisation; global markets have been replacing national economies and states have been losing their legislative and executive powers. The global economy is imposing its own standards, such as the so-called Brazilianisation...

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Main Author: Francesca Scamardella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2016-09-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
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Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/512
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Summary:<p>In the last few decades, the West has been deeply transformed by globalisation; global markets have been replacing national economies and states have been losing their legislative and executive powers. The global economy is imposing its own standards, such as the so-called Brazilianisation of the West, consisting of labour changes inspired by typical Brazilian features (low wages, flexibility and insecurity). In such a context, a question arises: how is the legal system changing? Sociology of law has indicated legal transformations in terms of soft law, such as lex mercatoria, codes of conduct, etc. This informal system seems to constitute a legal kaleidoscope where global and local players are involved, rather than an effective legal system. From this perspective, globalisation can also be considered the legal premise of governance, based on the participation of social parties to policy and law-making processes. The aim of this article is to focus on legal transformations in times of globalisation, stressing the governance approach as a legal kaleidoscope capable of managing social inequalities, different distributions of power and knowledge and the other perverse effects determined by globalisation.</p><p>En las &uacute;ltimas d&eacute;cadas, la globalizaci&oacute;n ha transformado profundamente Occidente; los mercados mundiales han ido sustituyendo a las econom&iacute;as nacionales y los Estados han ido perdiendo sus poderes legislativo y ejecutivo. La econom&iacute;a mundial est&aacute; imponiendo sus propias normas, como la denominada brasile&ntilde;izaci&oacute;n de Occidente, que consiste en implantar cambios laborales inspirados en las caracter&iacute;sticas t&iacute;picas de Brasil (salarios bajos, flexibilidad e inseguridad). En este contexto, surge una pregunta: &iquest;c&oacute;mo est&aacute; cambiando el sistema legal? La sociolog&iacute;a jur&iacute;dica ha apuntado transformaciones legales en materia de leyes "blandas", como la lex mercatoria, c&oacute;digos de conducta, etc. Este sistema informal parece constituir un caleidoscopio legal en el que est&aacute;n implicados actores globales y locales, en lugar de un sistema jur&iacute;dico eficaz. Desde esta perspectiva, tambi&eacute;n se puede considerar la globalizaci&oacute;n como la premisa legal de gobierno, basado en la participaci&oacute;n de los agentes sociales en los procesos pol&iacute;ticos y legislativos. El objetivo de este art&iacute;culo es centrarse en las transformaciones jur&iacute;dicas en la era de la globalizaci&oacute;n, haciendo hincapi&eacute; en el enfoque de la gobernabilidad como un caleidoscopio jur&iacute;dico capaz de gestionar las desigualdades sociales, las diferentes distribuciones de poder y conocimiento y otros efectos negativos condicionados por la globalizaci&oacute;n.</p><p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2833940" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2833940</a></p>
ISSN:2079-5971