Chair of Comparative Legal Studies and Internationalization of Law
Why this title?
The central theme of my research is the process of Internationalization of Law , on the regional as well the global level. To achieve harmonious internationalization, I have proposed a model which I call ordering pluralism . This model involves developing the relationship between International Law as a whole and Comparative Legal Studies to harmonize or hybridize different legal systems. My principal points of reference are European construction, which I compare to other regional constructions (most particularly in Latin America), and globalization. I have also been running research programs in China for the last twelve years.
Lecture topics
Criminal law/criminal procedure seems to me to be one of the primary bases upon which law is internationalized: European economic construction must comply with the protections offered by the European Convention on Human Rights, and an international criminal law is being developed by tribunals such as those for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. My lectures therefore focus on the interplay between national, regional and international norms as seen through the prism of the universalism of human rights on the one hand, and economic globalization on the other.
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