Article: Global commerce and global mobility law Journal: International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (IJMBS) 2026 Vol.9 No.6 pp.97 - 114 Abstract: Foregrounding an understanding of global mobility as the movement of legal norms across borders, this article argues that a focus on legal interactions provides a distinctive perspective on how this movement unfolds. Building on global mobility law scholarship, it analyses the movement of legal norms by examining historical and contemporary contexts of global commerce characterised by extraterritoriality and territorial extension. First, it considers capitulation agreements in Western-Ottoman relations, conceptualised as a case of semi-colonial 'entanglement'. Secondly, it examines developments within the European Union in the area of corporate accountability around global value chains. These examples reveal that a focus on legal interactions is crucial for understanding how legal norms move across borders. Zooming in on how this mobility of norms unfolds, the article identifies both continuities and change. Legal interactions in contemporary global commerce tend to be organised around the concepts of due diligence and human rights. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Global commerce and global mobility law

Authors: Francesco Corradini

Addresses: Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark

Abstract: Foregrounding an understanding of global mobility as the movement of legal norms across borders, this article argues that a focus on legal interactions provides a distinctive perspective on how this movement unfolds. Building on global mobility law scholarship, it analyses the movement of legal norms by examining historical and contemporary contexts of global commerce characterised by extraterritoriality and territorial extension. First, it considers capitulation agreements in Western-Ottoman relations, conceptualised as a case of semi-colonial 'entanglement'. Secondly, it examines developments within the European Union in the area of corporate accountability around global value chains. These examples reveal that a focus on legal interactions is crucial for understanding how legal norms move across borders. Zooming in on how this mobility of norms unfolds, the article identifies both continuities and change. Legal interactions in contemporary global commerce tend to be organised around the concepts of due diligence and human rights.

Keywords: global mobility law; global commerce; global value chains; legal interactions; corporate accountability; entanglements; capitulations; extraterritoriality; sustainability; semi colonial.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMBS.2026.156400

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 2026 Vol.9 No.6, pp.97 - 114

Received: 31 Aug 2025
Accepted: 27 May 2026
Published online: 16 Sep 2026 *

Title: Global commerce and global mobility law

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