Private Authority and Transnational Governance: The Contours of the International System of Investor Protection

Correlates of rigorous and credible transnational governance: A cross‐sectoral analysis of best practice compliance in eco‐labeling

“…, p. 369; Büthe & Mattli , pp. 11–12), the negative effects of competition between different eco‐labeling systems (Abbott & Snidal , p. 324; Fransen ; Cashore & Stone ), and the lack of accountability in certain private governance schemes (Van Harten , p. 615; Fuchs & Kalfagianni , p. 10). In response to these concerns, a number of meta‐standards or best practice guidelines have emerged with the goal of increasing the rigor and credibility of eco‐labeling by encouraging attention to good operating principles, such as transparency, impartiality, and inclusiveness.…”

In the Shadow of Crisis: Economic Orthodoxy and the Response of Global Labour

“…This leaves global labour's alternative looking less than fully developed and showing some signs of being in the hybrid location identified in Chart 1 or the Contested Zone of Chart 2. Examples include the failure to fully confront the implications of the architecture of the international trading and investment system (for accounts that identify problems see Van Harten 2005, McBride 2006, Wilkinson 2011. 19 One explanation for labour's lack of emphasis on these issues is that they no longer feature on the agenda of the organizations labour is seeking to influence, and are simply a reflection of priorities in a crisis situation.…”

Reviving the emperor’s old clothes: The good governance agenda, development and international investment law

“…63 In many of these cases, tribunals have been called upon to assess the quality of governance in host states by evaluating not only the appropriate scope of governmental action but also the efficacy of state institutions when carrying out the functions of government. 64 Frequently called upon to 'resolve wider conflicts of rights and interests between international investors, on the one hand, and individuals who benefit from domestic regulation of business on the other', 65 arbitral tribunals are regularly entertaining 'claims that would otherwise lie with the exclusive province of constitutional and supreme courts in host states'. 66 Under municipal law, this review of governmental action is normally conducted by the public judicial system, usually honouring the constitutional separation of powers that enables citizenry rights to be guaranteed by judicial review of executive or legislative action.…”