Cosmopolitan Law. In Competition for Regulatory Space

The subject matter of this work is exceptionally significant, both for its uniqueness and international relevance, as well as for the implications it holds for law and practice, particularly in recent years. It has inspired various authors (primarily foreign). Still, the resulting works have usually addressed it fragmentarily or incidentally (a natural state of affairs in the development of research trends), rarely positioning themselves within the discipline of legal sciences as a fundamental one. The approach presented in the reviewed work has not yet been adequately represented in monographic form (…). The work is intriguing, evokes scholarly concern (in the positive sense), and encourages academic reflection.

Professor Maciej Perkowski

The book under review is an essential work in the field of legal science, interdisciplinary in nature (...). The eponymous problem—the development of “cosmopolitan law” and its impact on states, as well as its interactions with traditional legal systems—is fascinating, timely, and worthy of description. It is also worth noting that the author places European Union law alongside traditional legal orders as an “emanation of the state.” The author certainly took on the scholarly challenge of writing the book. And the final result commands respect.

Professor Kamil Zeidler

Waldemar Hoff is a Kozminski University professor holding a Chair in Administrative and Public Business Law. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, from which he received his doctoral degree. He received his postdoctoral degree in law from the Polish Academy of Sciences. He was a research fellow at the Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop for Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University. Former member of the Committee of Experts on the Elderly at the office of the Polish Ombudsman, and of the Polish Accreditation Commission. His research interests evolved to include administrative law, business law, particularly the law governing infrastructure sectors (energy, telecommunications, and railways), cosmopolitan law, public security issues, lawfare, and the regulation of foreign influences.