G7-Treffen, Klimagipfel, WTO-Konferenzen und andere internationale Großveranstaltungen sind heute immer begleitet von Protesten, von denen das Getöse meist stärker zur Kenntnis gelangt als die inhaltlichen Anliegen der (seriös) Protestierenden. Dieses Sammelwerk aus 12 Beiträgen von 16...

In order to address challenges resulting from interactions between transnational private sustainability standard organizations, initiatives emerge that meta-govern these standards. Contrary to prevailing understandings in public policy literature, such meta-governance initiatives are mostly run...

In section I of this article, the factors driving towards the emergence of new transnational private regulation (TPR) are identified in comparison with, on the one hand, merchant law and, on the other, international public regimes. In section II, the focus is on the private sphere, looking at...