Im Zeitalter der Globalisierung werden die Trennlinien zwischen Recht und Nicht-Recht, zwischen legitim/illegitim, öffentlich und privat zunehmend porös. Während sich auf der einen Seite die Regelungslücken im formalen staatlichen Recht mehren, emergieren gleichzeitig zahlreiche private...

Power, rule, and legitimacy have always been core concerns of political science. In the 1970s, when governability appeared to be problematic, legitimacy was discussed both in the context of policy research and by critics of the capitalist state. More recently interest turned to governance beyond...

The enactment of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000 marked the beginning of the ongoing systematic attempt by the United States of America to combat human trafficking transnationally. Through this Act, the United States employs a regime of positive and negative incentives,...