ABSTRACT
This chapter pulls the theoretical framework of the book together by locating Transnational Legal Pluralism theory and Private International Law into the spaces of comparative and international political economy. I begin by exploring the failure of most contemporary IPE theory to take law seriously and then turn to some promising insights from the theories of regulatory capitalism and global private governance that can help overcome this divide. The chapter culminates by framing a theory of transnational power and pluralism, which I argue best captures the dynamics of the current transnational political economy and provides the context in which to understand the role of private law in that dynamic system.
