Advancing the Method and Practice of Transnational Law

Julien Chaisse is Professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.Oana Stefan is Reader at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, UK.

• ForewordRostane MEHDI, Director of Sciences Po AixIntroductionJulien Chaisse (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Oana Stefan (The Dickson Poon School of Law, UK)Part 1 – Governance and The Law1. The Dramatis Personae of International Law: Rethinking International Legal PersonalityPaulo Canelas De Castro (University of Macau, China)2. Sustainable Governance and Soft Law: The Bamboo and the Oak Imelda Maher (University College Dublin, Ireland)3. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a Site of GovernanceMark Feldman (Peking University, China)4. Towards an Ethics Body for the European Union Alberto Alemmano (HEC Paris, France)5. The Transnationalisation of the Foreign Investment Contract: An Unrealised MythMuthucumaraswamy Sornarajah (National University of Singapore, Singapore)Part 2 – Law In Context 6. The EU and Law in Context: The ContextCarol Harlow (London School of Economics, UK)7. Still Out on the Weekend: Renewing EU Law in ContextAgustín José Menéndez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)8. A Genealogy of Constitutional EuropeLeone Niglia (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)9. The EU – China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: A New Beginning?Henry GAO (Singapore Management University, Singapore)Part 3 - Sustainability Law10. Land and the Legal Language of DecolonizationKeebet Von Benda-Beckmann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany)11. The Incorporation of the Principle of Sustainable Development in Chinese (Environmental) LawYing Song (Peking University Law School, China)12. Trade and Labour Linkages in Free Trade Agreements: A Critical Assessment and Future Impact of the US-Guatemala Panel ReportFederico Ortino (King's College London, UK)13. The Precautionary Principle and China’s Regulation of GMOs: Retrospect and ProspectJin Zining (Peking University Law School, China)14. China as the Next Global Data Regulator? Assessing China’s Global Data Security Initiative as a Site of Governance Qianlan Wu (University of Nottingham, UK)