In domestic legal systems, public authorities have incorporated rules first established by private bodies for a long time. In the global arena, public regulatory regimes increasingly connect with private ones. International intergovernmental organizations, transnational … [Read more...]

In a greatly interdependent world economy, the number of global and regional public goods, from financial stability to sustainable growth, quickly increase and call for greater global and regional collective action. This paper tries to understand which mechanisms, if any, have … [Read more...]

The paper advances a 'neo-federalist' perspective to analyze the European multilevel system for the protection of fundamental rights. This perspective fits within the theoretical prism of constitutional pluralism but rejects the allure of a sui generis approach in favour of the … [Read more...]

In the field of development finance, over the past two decades, several financing institutions have started acknowledging and addressing the local impact of the projects they support, by adopting a series of social and environmental policies and procedures. In some cases, … [Read more...]

Multifarious definitions and different practices are associated with the "judicial comity" notion. Nevertheless, this paper seeks to demonstrate the existence of a "key feature" of the phenomenon. The analysis of cases illustrates that the implementation of … [Read more...]