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Zusatztext Without doubt this is a seminal contribution to the field. The collection offers a wide range of approaches and covers most, if not all, of the significant issues that a student of this field needs to master. Informationen zum Autor George A. Bermann is Professor of Law at Columbia University School of LawMatthias Herdegen is at the Universitat Bonn, Rechts - und Staatswissenschaftlich FakultatPeter L. Linseth is formerly Associate Director of the European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School and currently Associate Professor of Law, University of Conneticut Klappentext This book offers a comprehensive account of the transatlantic regulatory cooperation phenomenon: its causes and political context in a globalizing economy, its theoretical understanding, its relationship to trade and competition, its implications for democracy, and its likely directions in the future. Zusammenfassung International regulatory relations have commonly been viewed through the prism of international organizations, on the one hand, and international trade disputes, on the other. However, neither of these perspectives offers an adequate understanding of the ways in which international regulatory relations are managed or may be managed more effectively. While the one risks overstating the readiness of states to cede regulatory authority to international institutions, the other risks ignoring the reality of and prospects for cooperative behavior.Transatlantic regulatory cooperation comprises a highly differentiated "bundle" of techniques for reconciling the needs of international trade with the diversity of national regulatory environments and public demands. The processes involved are still poorly understood, due partly to the fact that they have been very largely improvisational, with the result that the framework of regulatory cooperation is still very much a work in progress. Moreover, the main protagonists in this arena -- the US and EU -- have their own well-established domestic regulatory processes with which international initiatives may not readily be integrated, either in terms of values or institutions. While focusing on illustrative sectoral examples of transatlantic regulatory cooperation, this book thus also explores the more general challenge of accommodating regulatory cooperation with domestic legal and political institutions. The volume closes both by calling attention to inescapable legitimacy questions (e.g. reconciliation with principles of democracy and demands for public accountability) and by exploring certain strategic directions and institutional implications for the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword 1: George A. Bermann, Matthias Herdegen, Peter L. Lindseth: Introduction Part I: Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation: the political and legal framework 2: Sir Leon Brittan: Transatlantic Economic Partnership: Breaking Down the Hidden Barriers 3: Amb. David L. Aaron: The United States and Europe: Seeking Common Ground 4: Jean-Louis Dewost: Globalization and the Rule of Law 5: David R. Andrews: Listening in on the U.S.-EU Legal Dialogue 6: Hans-Ulrich Engel: The Transatlantic Business Dialogue: The Perspective of the European Chemical Industry Part II: Globalization and Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation 7: Saskia Sassen: The Locational and Institutional Embeddedness of the Global Economy 8: Francis Snyder: Global Economic Networks and Global Legal Pluralism Part III: Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation: theoretical perspectives 9: Giandomenico Majone: International Regulatory Co-operation: A Neo-Institutionalist Approach 10: Jonathan R. Macey: The `Demand' for International Regulatory Co-operation: A Public Choice Perspective 11: Paul B. Stephan: Regulatory Co-operation and Competition: The Search for Virtue Part IV: Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation, International Trade and Competitio...
