This book provides an interdisciplinary examination of international law by addressing four critical questions: How are international legal rules distinctive? How does an investigator determine the existence of a rule of international law? Does international law really matter in…
Introduction. 1. The Variety of International Rules. 2. The International Legal Rule-Creating Process. 3. A Methodology for Determining an International Legal Rule. 4. Legal Rules and International Politics. 5. The Future of the International Legal System. 6. Legal Rules and Int…
The organization of global rulemaking -- The emerging reality of global governance -- What the design of global governance organizations tells us -- The logic of global governance -- Plan of the book -- Accountability and legitimacy-authority tension in global governance -- Five…
"Global governance organizations (GGOs)--from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Council--play a prominent role in the management of international affairs as they create and promulgate rules to address a host of pressing problems. But as World Rule reveals, t…
"Global governance organizations (GGOs)--from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Council--play a prominent role in the management of international affairs as they create and promulgate rules to address a host of pressing problems. But as World Rule reveals, t…
Dilemmas from climate change to financial meltdowns make it clear that global interconnectedness is the norm in the twenty-first century. As a result, global governance organizations (GGOs)--from the World Trade Organization to the Forest Stewardship Council--have taken on promi…
Strongly argued and richly detailed but clearly written and accessible to non-specialists, 'The Fundamentals of Global Governance' brings a novel approach and fascinating insights to the study of global governance.
What kind of activity is global governance? What do all of the many sectoral forms of global governance - of the planetary environment, of global finance and global health - have in common? This book outlines the fundamentals of global governance in eight chapter-length proposit…