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

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

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