@article{kelemen_globalization_2004,
	title = {The {Globalization} of {American} {Law}},
	volume = {58},
	issn = {1531-5088, 0020-8183},
	url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/globalization-of-american-law/272CE4611F7AC260323F38ABE2D98A59},
	doi = {10.1017/S0020818304581043},
	abstract = {A substantial body of research suggests that the United States
has a distinctive legal style characterized by detailed rules,
extensive transparency requirements, adversarial procedures for
dispute resolution, costly legal contestation involving many lawyers,
and frequent judicial intervention in administrative affairs. Recently,
scholars of comparative law and public policy have asked whether this
American legal style is spreading around the world. Some scholars have
argued that legal styles are converging on an American model, while
others have argued that distinctive national legal styles will persist.
This article addresses this emerging debate. We argue that American
legal style is spreading to other jurisdictions. However, we depart
from predominant explanations, which attribute convergence to
international regulatory competition or emulation. Instead, we argue
that economic liberalization and political fragmentation have
undermined traditional approaches to regulation and have generated
functional pressures and political incentives to shift toward American
legal style.The authors thank Kenneth
Abbott, Ward Bower, Kent Calder, Robert G. DeLaMater, Tom Ginsburg,
Jack Goldsmith, Milton Heumann, Mark D. Hunsaker, Nicolas Jabko, Robert
Kagan, Susan Lawrence, Kathleen McNamara, Michael Paris, Mark Ramseyer,
Amy Searight, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Tatsushi Terada, David Vogel,
Albert Yoon, and participants in presentations at the 2001
International Studies Association Convention, the 2001 American
Political Science Association Convention, Northwestern
University's Center for International and Comparative Studies, the
University of Chicago Law School, and Princeton University's
Center of International Studies for their comments on earlier versions
of the article. The authors thank Rachael Snyder, Fatima Khan, Hisako
Yamamoto, Masako Ishiwata, and Kei Yamaguchi for their research
assistance and Akiko Tsuda, Akemi Ideuchi, and Mio Kato for secretarial
assistance. Kelemen thanks the Frank Kneller Fund at Rutgers University
and the Center of International Studies at Princeton University for
financial support. Views expressed herein are those of the authors
alone and are not necessarily those of any institutions with which they
are affiliated.},
	language = {en},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2019-05-02},
	journal = {International Organization},
	author = {Kelemen, R. Daniel and Sibbitt, Eric C.},
	month = feb,
	year = {2004},
	pages = {103--136}
}

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