{"id":1710,"date":"2006-06-01T09:01:34","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T13:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/site\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2010-10-21T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T14:52:36","slug":"issue_47-2_twining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2006\/06\/issue_47-2_twining\/","title":{"rendered":"Diffusion and Globalization Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><strong>*<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Karl Llewellyn used to re-read <em>Treasure Island<\/em> on his birthday every year. I have sometimes transposed that ritual to  Christmas Day. However, on December 24, 2005, I received an unsolicited  parcel containing a gift of David Westbrook\u2019s <em>City of Gold<\/em>. So I decided to read that instead. <em>City of Gold<\/em> is far richer fare than <em>Treasure Island<\/em>,  and I am still digesting it. However, I have at least grasped that  Westbrook has presented us with an imagined world society that differs  significantly from the impoverished visions of world capitalism, human  rights, apocalyptic fears of global hegemony, and other inadequate  imaginings.<\/p>\n<p>Westbrook\u2019s paper extends his account further by  outlining four ways of imagining modern authority in tomorrow\u2019s global  society\u2014imperium, fashion, system, and tribe. I understand this to be an  aid to thinking about diffusion of law in three ways: First, to help us  break away from spatial metaphors that link law to the territorial  state; second, to present globalization not as some totalizing and  homogenizing set of processes, but \u201cas the formation of new contexts,  new social spaces, and indeed, new hierarchies\u201d; and third, to interpret  diffusion of law as a typically benign method of bringing about  adoption, adaptation, or modernization in response to changing  conditions.<\/p>\n<p>I am generally sympathetic to Westbrook\u2019s thesis and I  find his four perspectives on authority helpful. In the time available I  shall attempt to contrast his rich and bold imaginings with my own,  more articularistic perspective on the discourses and metaphors of  globalization and diffusion.<\/p>\n<p><em>* This excerpt does not include citations.  To read the entire article, including supporting notes, please download  the PDF.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westbrook\u2019s paper extends his account further by outlining four ways of imagining modern authority in tomorrow\u2019s global society\u2014imperium, fashion, system, and tribe. I understand this to be an aid to thinking about diffusion of law in three ways: First, to help us break away from spatial metaphors that link law to the territorial state; second, to present globalization not as some totalizing and homogenizing set of processes, but \u201cas the formation of new contexts, new social spaces, and indeed, new hierarchies\u201d; and third, to interpret diffusion of law as a typically benign method of bringing about adoption, adaptation, or modernization in response to changing 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