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European and Global Normative Competition

Original title (French): La concurrence normative européenne et globale

La concurrence règlementaire, sociale et fiscale dans l'Union européenne, 2016

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Keywords

  • Normative competition
  • Competitive deregulation
  • Forum shopping
  • Global market of laws
  • Legal engineering
  • Global governance
  • ISO technical standards
  • Internormative competition
  • State sovereignty
  • Tax havens

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Abstract

Benoit Frydman examines normative competition—the rivalry between national legal orders as legal subjects increasingly choose jurisdictions and rules favorable to their interests—analyzing how globalization has transformed state law into a marketable commodity subject to demand. Distinguishing regulatory competition (competitive deregulation by states) from the broader phenomenon of normative competition, Frydman traces the historical origins of the concept and its contemporary manifestations through legal engineering and complex transnational instruments. The analysis reveals how non-state normativity—ISO technical standards, IFRS accounting rules, and private professional standard-setting bodies—increasingly competes with and marginalizes traditional state law, challenging conventional conceptions of sovereignty.

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Benoit Frydman examine la concurrence normative—la rivalité entre ordres juridiques nationaux alors que les sujets de droit choisissent de plus en plus les juridictions et les règles favorables à leurs intérêts—analysant comment la mondialisation a transformé le droit d'État en une marchandise marchande soumise à la demande. Distinguant la concurrence réglementaire (dérégulation compétitive des États) du phénomène plus large de concurrence normative, Frydman retrace les origines historiques du concept et ses manifestations contemporaines par l'ingénierie juridique et les instruments transnationaux complexes. L'analyse révèle comment la normativité non étatique—normes techniques ISO, règles comptables IFRS, et organismes de normalisation professionnels privés—concurrence et marginalise de plus en plus le droit traditionnel d'État, remettant en question les conceptions conventionnelles de souveraineté.

Themes

  • Philosophy & Theory of Law
  • Global & European Law
  • Sources & Methods of Law

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« La concurrence normative européenne et globale » in E. Carpano, M. Chastagnaret et E. Mazuyer (eds.), La concurrence règlementaire, sociale et fiscale dans l'Union européenne, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2016, pp. 15-36.
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