Transnational Private Governance and Its Limits (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Part 1: (Self-)Regulation in the Financial Sector 2. Keeping Competitors Out 3. Transnational Expert-Driven Standardisation 4. Transnational Private Governance and the Basel Process Part 2: Transnational Corporations Facing Labour, Ecological, and Consumers’ Concerns 5. The Power of TNCs in Transnational Environmental Private Governance 6. Where to Find a ‘Demos’ for Controlling Global Risk Regulators? 7. The Potential and Limits of Governance by Private Codes of Conduct 8. The Private Regulation of Labour Standards Part 3: Prospects and Limits of Avant-Garde Cases: The Private Regulation of the Cyberspace 9. Transnational Private Governance of the Internet 10. Who Governs the Internet? 11. Limitations to Transnational Private Governance of the Internet Part 4: Regional Integration as a Driving Force towards Transnational Private Governance 12. Public-Private Partnerships and Transnational Governance in the European Union 13. Transnational Private Governance in the EU 14. Self-Regulation and Public Regulation 15. Dispute Resolution in International Trade and Investment Law 16. Conclusion: The Limits of Transnational Private Governance