N-Extlaw

n-extlaw is an erc-funded research project hosted by the amsterdam centre of transformative private law. the team consists of 4 researchers and 5 student researchers. n-extlaw wants to identify how we can rethink (private) law so that it can help realise a non-extractive, sustainable economy. to do this, we are using existing non-extractive economic practices as a starting point. non-extractive economic practices (what we call n-exts) are organised economic activities which generate rather than destroy the social and environmental resources they rely on. n-exts aspire to contribute towards communities, society, and the environment, rather than extracting and taking away from them. we want to explore how n-exts can be sustained and further mainstreamed through law – how they can become the standard economic practice. to do this we want to identify actors who are currently practicing n-exts and work together with them towards a more sustainable future. n-extlaw is an erc-funded resea