Explores in detail the degree to which private sector firms are beginning to replace governments in "governing" some areas of international relations.

Transnational merchant law, which is mistakenly regarded in purely technical and apolitical terms, is a central mediator of domestic and global political/legal

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Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires

Develops a new theory of public regulatory interventions in private sustainability governance based on policymaking in the European Union.