Dual Legal Orders: From Colonialism to High Technology

Likosky, Michael

Abstract

This article begins by discussing the genesis of a free zone on a small island in the Straits archipelagos, tracing its development from a free port to an export processing zone and most recently to a science park. Throughout its life as a free zone, this island has comprised a transnational commercial domain of a dual legal order. A dual legal order comprises two domains, a transjurisdictional commercial and local political. Here we focus on a particular type of transjurisdictional commercial domain--the free zone. Three historical forms of zone receive attention, the free port, export processing zone and the science park. Various manifestations geographically and temporally are elaborated. In conclusion, a number of observations are then made concerning dual legal orders and free zones.

Citation

Likosky, M. (2003). Dual Legal Orders: From Colonialism to High Technology. Global jurist topics, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.2202/1535-167X.1087

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Jun 30, 2003
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2003
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2007
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 25, 2019
• Journal: Global Jurist Topics
• Electronic ISSN: 1535-167X
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2202/1535-167X.1087