Abstract
William Twining comprehensively evaluated the challenges that a contemporary context of globalisation poses for legal scholarship in his 2009 Montesquieu Lecture at Tilburg Law School. This article connects this lecture to his previous work on American Legal Realist Karl Llewellyn in order to construct a notion of ‘global situation sense’ that might be appropriate for legal professionals who face similar challenges in the globalisation context of their work. In referring to the work of ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, Twining's globalisation context is described as a context of opportunity arising from the variety of diverse legal systems interacting. Subsequently, six characteristics of a ‘global situation sense’ are presented, providing legal professionals with a structure for engaging with global legal developments in their local practices. The notion of ‘global situation sense’ is illustrated with reference to the ‘Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh’.
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