"Polycentric Law"

Law Professor Randy Barnett has an interesting post over at the Volokh Conspiracy, discussing "polycentric legal orders. Barnett discusses what he regards as the advantages of a polycentric order in his book, "The Structure of Liberty." My own interest in the subject was sparked by Professor Harold Berman's phenomenal "Law and Revolution." , which explored the roots in the 11th-12th Century "papal revolution" of the western legal tradition. MOJ readers and bloggers will likely appreciate the connections and consonance between defenses of "polycentric legal systems" and the principle of subsidiarity.

Rick