Law and Legalization in Transnational Relations (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

This volume addresses the emergence of multiple legal and law-like arrangements that alter the interaction between states, their delegated agencies, international organizations and non-state actors in international and transnational politics. Political scientists and legal scholars have been addressing the ‘legalization’ of international regimes and international politics, and engaging in interdisciplinary research on the nature, the causes and the effects of the norm driven controls over different areas and dimensions of global governance. Written by leading contributors in the field, the book claims that the emergence and spread of legal and law-like arrangements contributes to the transformation of world politics, arguing that ‘legalization’ does not only mean that states co-operate in more or less precise, binding and independent regimes, but also that different types of non-state actors can engage in the framing, definition, implementation and enforcement of legal and law-like norms and rules. To capture these diverse observations, the volume provides an interpretative framework that includes the increase in international law-making, the variation of legal and legalized regimes and the differentiation of legal and law-like arrangements. Law and Legalization in Transnational Relations is of interest to students and researchers of international politics, international relations and law. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 10 Contributors......Page 11 Acknowledgements......Page 13 1 Introduction......Page 14 2 Complex legalization and the many moves to law......Page 22 3 Transnational legalization of accounting: The case of international financial reporting standards......Page 46 4 The harmonization of private commercial law: The case of secured finance......Page 71 5 Multi-stakeholder initiatives to combat money laundering and bribery......Page 94 6 Legalization, transnationalism and organic agriculture......Page 114 7 Beyond Westphalia: Competitive legalization in emerging transnational regulatory systems......Page 134 8 Beyond legalization?: How global standards work......Page 157 9 International standards: Functions and links to law......Page 179 10 Beyond legalization: Reading the increase, variation and differentiation of legal and law-like arrangements in international relations through world society theory......Page 198 11 The role of the transnational corporation in the process of legalization: Insights from Economics and Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 215 12 Conclusion......Page 239 Index......Page 249 Complex legalization and the many moves to law / Christian Britsch and Dirk Lehmkuhl Transnational legalization of accounting : the case of international financial reporting standards / Jens Wistemann and Sonja Kierzek The harmonization of private commercial law : the case of secured finance / Edward S. Cohen Multi-stakeholder initiatives to combat money laundering and bribery / Mark Pieth Legalization, transnationalism, and organic agriculture / William D. Coleman and Austina J. Reed Beyond Westphalia : competitive legalization in emerging transnational regulatory systems / Errol Meidinger Beyond legalization? : how global standards work / Bas Arts and Dieter Kerwer International standards, functions, and links to law / Erich Schanze Beyond legalization : reading the increase, variation, and differentiation of legal and law-like arrangements in international relations through world society theory / Mathias Albert The role of the transnational corporation in the process of legalisation : insights from economics and corporate social responsibility / Andreas Georg Scherer and Dorothe Baumann.