The Actors of postnational rule-making: contemporary challenges of European and international law
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword: The new rulers: the actors and processes of the global space -- Introduction: framing the actors of postnational rule-making -- SECTION I Framing actors in postnational rule-making: between doctrine and lexicon -- 1 Mapping the terrain of institutional 'lawmaking': form and function in international law -- 2 The many faces of rule-making in the EU -- 3 International relations and global governance: the EU and ASEAN as actors in global governance institutions -- SECTION II New institutional components and systems: establishing autonomy in postnational rule-making -- 4 Strained actorness: the 'new' European Council in theory and practice -- 5 Transnational parliamentarism and global governance: the new practice of democracy -- 6 Interaction as a site of postnational rule-making: a case study of the Inter-American system of human rights -- SECTION III Interactions between actors in postnational rule-making: framing practices 'in the shadows' and beyond -- 7 The European Union: a shadowy global actor? The UN system as an example -- 8 Lawmakers in the shadows: legal academics in the construction of European private law -- 9 EU lobbyists: rule-makers 'in the shadows'? -- Concluding reflections -- Index.