Three Futures of the World: ‘Armageddon’, ‘Brazilianization’ or ‘Regulatory Hegemony’

Poul F. Kjær*

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Abstract

The Foundations of European Transnational Private Law is at first glance a book about the ‘Brussels effect’. While this is an important and relevant topic, the book offers far more than that. Rather it offers a sometimes explicit and sometimes implicit vision of global society. A vision of where global society is heading and not least of where global society should be heading. A vision hidden under the ambition to develop the foundations of a new concept of transnational private law rooted in European legal traditions and practices.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1023263X251375308
JournalMaastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law
Volume32
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)431-438
Number of pages8
ISSN1023-263X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2025

Bibliographical note

Published online: 10 September 2025.

Keywords

  • Modernization
  • Extra-territoriality
  • Transnational law
  • Global law
  • G.W.F. Hegel
  • Brussels effect
  • Regulatory private law
  • EU law

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