MACMILLAN A Legal Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative: Towards a New Silk Road?

What does the Belt and Road Initiative mean for the existing multilateral organisations? What can it represent for the future of the European Union in the long run? What is the role of hard and soft law in the functioning of the Initiative? What does it represent from a legal theory perspective? This book aspires to contribute to the international debate by gathering scholars with different backgrounds (legal theorists, public international lawyers, comparative lawyers) in a way that they can offer their inputs and observations concerning the Belt and Road Initiative. Review “The book … provides the relevant scholars a chance to rethink the multifaceted role that the Chinese government has played from a perspective of the international rule of law.” (Jizeng Fan, China and WTO Review, Vol. 2, 2020) From the Back Cover What does the Belt and Road Initiative mean for the existing multilateral organisations? What can it represent for the future of the European Union in the long run? What is the role of hard and soft law in the functioning of the Initiative? What does it represent from a legal theory perspective? This book aspires to contribute to the international debate by gathering scholars with different backgrounds (legal theorists, public international lawyers, comparative lawyers) in a way that they can offer their inputs and observations concerning the Belt and Road Initiative. Giuseppe Martinico is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. Xueyan WU is Associate Professor at the Law School of Chongqing University, China, and an Affiliate Professor at the DIRPOLIS Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. About the Author Giuseppe Martinico is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. His research interests cover both comparative and European law, both in which he is extensively published. Xueyan WU is Associate Professor at the Law School of Chongqing University, China, and an Affiliate Professor at the Dirpolis Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. She is the Executive Director of the International Law Research Centre on “Belt and Road” at Chongqing University. Her research area includes international economic law, international environmental law and comparative law.