Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation Legal Problems and Political Prospects

by Bermann, George A.; Herdegen, Matthias; Lindseth, Peter L.

• ISBN13: 9780198298922
• ISBN10: 0198298927
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

George Bermann is Professor of Law at Columbia University School of Law Universitat Bonn, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftlich Fakultat Associate Director of the European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Ambassador Richard N. Gardner
Notes on Contributors	xv
Introduction	1	(16)
George A. Bermann
Matthias Herdegen
Peter L. Lindseth
Part I. Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Thepolitical And Legal Framework
Transatlantic economic partnership: Breaking down the hidden barriers
The Right Honourable Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, QC	17	(8)
The United States and Europe: seeking common ground	25	(4)
Ambassador David L. Aaron
Globalization and the rule of law	29	(6)
Jean-Louis Dewost
Listening in on the US-EU legal dialogue	35	(4)
David R. Andrews
The Transatlantic Business Dialogue: the Perspective of the European chemical industry	39	(8)
Hans-Ulrich Engel
Part II: Globalization And Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation
The locational and institutional embeddedness of the global economy	47	(52)
Saskia Sassen
Global economic networks and global legal pluralism	99	(20)
Francis Snyder
Part III: Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation: Theoretical Perspectives
International regulatory cooperation: a neo-institutionalist approach	119	(28)
Giandomenico Majone
The 'demand' for international regulatory cooperation: a public-choice perspective	147	(20)
Jonathan R. Macey
Regulatory and competition: the search for virtue	167	(38)
Paul B. Stephan
Part IV: Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation, International Trade And Competition Law
Reconciling transatlantic regulatory imperatives with bilateral trade	205	(18)
Mauro Pettricione
Transatlantic regulatory cooperation from a trade perspective: a case study in accounting standards	223	(20)
Joel P. Trachtman
Competition law: linking the world	243	(10)
Eleanor M. Fox
Transatlantic regulatory cooperation in competition policy: the case for' soft harmonization and multilateralism over new bilateral US--EU institutions	253	(10)
Merit E. Janow
Transatlantic regulatory cooperation: exclusive club or' open regionalism?	263	(10)
Petros C. Mavroidis
Part V: Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation In Selected Sectors
Telecommunications and cyberspace': transatlantic regulatory cooperation and the constitutionalization of international law	273	(28)
Klaus W. Grewlich
Biotechnology and regulatory risk assessment	301	(18)
Matthias Herdegen
Existing legal and institutional mechanisms for cooperation and coordination: the case of intellectual and industrial property	319	(18)
Josef Drexl
International governance for voluntary standards: a game-theoretic perspective	337	(20)
Walter Mattli
Part VI: The Interface Between International Regulatory Initiatives And The Domestic Legal Environment
US and EU structures of governance as barriers to transatlantic regulatory cooperation	357	(16)
Jonathan R. Macey
International regulatory cooperation and US federalism	373	(12)
George A. Bermann
Implementing regulatory cooperation through executive agreements and the problem of democratic accountability	385	(20)
Joel R. Paul
Integrating regulatory cooperation into the EU system	405	(26)
Gerhard Lohan
The respective powers of the European Community and Member States in transatlantic regulatory cooperation	431	(20)
Paul Demaret
The implementation of transatlantic regulatory initiatives in Europe	451	(18)
Reimer von Borries
Part VII: Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation, Democracy, And Accountability
Transatlantic regulatory cooperation and the problem of democracy	469	(12)
Robert Howse
Glogalization, transatlantic regulatory cooperation, and democratic values	481	(14)
Ludger Kuhnhardt
North Atlantic cooperation and democratizing globalism	495	(26)
Sol Picciotto
Agencies on the loose? Holding government networks accountable	521	(26)
Anne-Marie Slaughter
The challenges of globally accessible process	547	(24)
Peter L. Strauss
Part VIII: The Future Of Regulatory Cooperation: Strategic Directions And Institutional Implications
Regulatory cooperation and managed mutual recognition: elements of a strategic model	571	(30)
Kalypso Nicolaidis
Building the 'Transatlantic Economic Partnership': are new general institutions needed?	601	(14)
Wulf-Henning Roth
Globalization and transatlantic regulatory cooperation: proposals for EU-US initiatives to further constitutionalize international law	615	(14)
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
Index	629