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Bruno Sousa Rodrigues, UNCITRAL and the Governance of International Investments -- Rosario Ojinaga Ruiz and Maria Lina Leiva, EU as a Driver in the Judicialization Process of International Investment Disputes: ISDS Reform and EU Judicial System -- Eleni–Amalia Giannakopoulou and Marios Tokas, Compulsory Optionality: International Standardizing Bodies as Transnational Actors in International Investment Law -- Krystle Baptista, New Actors in Investment Arbitration: The Legitimate Government -- Ioannis Prezas, International Non-investment Courts and Tribunals as Transnational Actors in International Investment Law and Arbitration? -- Fulvio Maria Palombino and Gustavo Minervini, Apropos of the External Precedent: Judicial Cross-Pollination between Investment Tribunals and International Courts -- Ksenia Polonskaya, Domestic Courts as Transnational Actors in International Investment Law: A Canadian Perspective -- Aikaterini Florou, A Middle Path of ISDS Reform: The Principle of Comity as a Means of Strengthening the Role of National Courts in the Enforcement of Investment Arbitral Awards. .

Transnational actors and transnational governance now form core elements of global environmental politics alongside intergovernmental diplomacy and institutions. This article explores how and under what conditions this transnationalism has arisen, as well as its implications for world politics. It considers what effects transnational actors and governance have had on political outcomes, their relation to states and intergovernmental institutions, and normative questions around their legitimacy and accountability. The critical role of transnational actors and institutions in environmental politics has made the field a laboratory for broader questions concerning the evolution of global governance in world politics more generally. As global environmental challenges continue to magnify and affect other spheres of political activity, understanding these dynamics will become increasingly important.

"The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. Whereas international institutions were long the exclusive preserve of national governments, the past decades have witnessed a gradual and partial shift from interstate cooperation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), advocacy networks, party associations, philanthropic foundations, and multinational corporations. Increasingly, states and international institutions are engaging transnational actors as policy experts, service providers, compliance watchdogs, and stakeholder representatives. This volume analyzes the reasons behind, and consequences of, the growing involvement of transnational actors in established international institutions. It provides comparative analyses of varying transnational access and participation in different international organizations and issue-areas. Combining normative democratic theory and empirical research, it offers innovative interpretations of the democratic legitimacy of current arrangements"--Provided by publisher.