Political Economy of BRICS+ Law: A Call for Counter-Hegemony and Good Sense
https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2026-13-1-17-28
Abstract
The article argues the need for a political economy of law approach as a first fundamental step in understanding of BRICS+ as a global institution. Countries in the BRICS + area display a tremendous amount of legal variation that has to be understood in its own terms outside of the judgmental mentality that has characterized Western Comparative Law. Only through such systematic effort of fundamental knowledge, it will be possible to facilitate the development of and institutional setting based on principles of cooperation, respect and mutual recognition. A list of some basic research and methodological questions, the first published description of the Chinese-Russian-Italian TOLZUMO project and a call for scholarly mobilization and participation in this dramatic phase of change in global hegemony complete the article.
About the Author
U. Mattei
University of Turin
Italy
Italy
Ugo Mattei – Professor of Civil Law, University of Turin, Italy; Alfred & Hanna Fromm Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco
8 Via Giuseppe Verdi, Torino, 10124, Italy
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Mattei U. Political Economy of BRICS+ Law: A Call for Counter-Hegemony and Good Sense. BRICS Law Journal. 2026;13(1):17-28. https://doi.org/10.21684/2412-2343-2026-13-1-17-28
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