Inter-legality, cities and the changing nature of authority

This chapter (essay, really), aims to reflect on the legal consequences of the emergence of cities as sources of normativity, and does so by invoking the notion of inter-legality. Given the changed nature of authority, the roles of cities is unlikely to lend itself for explanations involving traditional concepts of law-making and authority, sources and subjects. Instead, cities form part of (and take part in) a broader global network of governance activities, something better captured by invoking inter-legality. This contribution sketches some forerunners of inter-legality (including Jessup’s popular idea of transnational law) and provides a tentative fleshing-out of just inter-legality might help in understanding the role of cities in law.Peer reviewe