Global Scripts in Transnational Legal Orders and Governance

Global scripts—the rules, norms, and standards in international texts, the tacit assumptions that surround give meaning to them—exist on numerous issues (finance, trade, economic development, climate change, education, human rights, gender equality), at every level of engagement (international, national, local), phase recursive norm construction contestation. Case studies involving global scripts appear across a wide range scholarship—considering sociological, anthropological, or sociolegal perspectives, political economy, organizations, relations, law development—but because they are focused one piece puzzle time, variation exists regarding definition scripts, distinction between legal policy how explicitly get articulated through with reference law. Enhanced theorization holds promise for connecting scholarship precisely scriptwriting extend beyond realm lawmaking; it would enable deeper exploration whether, how, why broad texts practices influence behaviors.