The paper investigates the relation between private transnational regulation through standards and the formation of transnational networks. More particularly, focusing on standards compliance, the analysis is intended to test whether private regulation induces the existence of networks able to:...

The Common European Sales Law (CESL) is a regime of European sales law intended to regulate cross-border transactions. It is currently under examination at the European Parliament. The scope of the regulation is to introduce a regime for cross-border transactions that individual Member States...

The paper investigates the relation between private transnational regulation through standards and the formation of transnational networks. More particularly, focusing on standards compliance, the analysis is intended to test whether private regulation induces the existence of networks able to:...

In this essay, three questions concerning the use of transnational commercial contracts as regulatory vehicles are examined:1) Why have regulatory provisions increasingly been incorporated into commercial contracts and what are the main drivers of this phenomenon?2) What are the instruments of...

Transnational private regulation has dramatically grown in the past decades. Many private regimes spurred, sometimes as a response to fragmentation and proliferation of public domestic regulations. Different forms of regulatory cooperation among private actors have emerged, often supported by...

This chapter examines trading in the context of global supply chains. It begins by exploring the relationship between the different types of global chains and their transactional features as well as the regulatory techniques focussing on the combination of standardization and customisation of...