The world of public goods has changed in the last quarter century. Many of the changes have their origins in massively … characteristics that may enhance the possibility of reaching durable international agreements concerning their provision. Adoption …

This paper attempts a first-cut listing of global public goods and international spillover activities, as well as …

The International Task Force on Global Public Goods has defined global public goods as, “issues that are broadly … conceived as important to the international community, that for the most part cannot or will not be adequately addressed by … individual countries acting alone and that are defined through a broad international consensus or a legitimate process of …

world economy toward harmonized private rights in knowledge goods. While this trend may have beneficial impacts in terms of … about whether such globalization of rights to information will raise roadblocks to the national and international provision …

commentators to underestimate how common features of international legal institutions designed to accomplish these aims can … failure, which I refer to as governance risk. I illustrate the argument with examples from international energy governance … negative externality of cooperation in the fragmented international legal system. I conclude by arguing that further …

Global Governance’, that in certain sectors some economically weighty states seek to take advantage of the international law …