F. The Global Administrative Law of Science Revisited

Abstract

When undertaking to sum up the results of this study, two interrelated questions occur: (1) What can be inferred from the global governance of science in particular with respect to the development of global administrative law? (2) In which way do the theory and concept of global administrative law contribute to a sound global governance of science? Of course, it is these questions that underlie the study as a whole, but it is worth briefly revisiting the subject after now having gone through the constitutional basis, the institutional variety and the plenitude of governance mechanisms. In combining these issues of the foregoing chapters, there is first of all the question whether the institutional and normative abundance can be arranged satisfactorily (infra sub II.). Secondly, particularly in light of the constitutional orientation of freedom of science, it must be asked whether and how the institutional arrangements and the mechanisms of governance are legitimate and afford sufficient means of legal protection (infra sub III.).