The Law, Economics and Politics of International Standardisation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107128330)

In an era of increased reliance on private regulatory bodies and globalised economic activity, standardisation is the field where politics, technical expertise and strategic behaviour meet and interact. International standard-setting bodies exemplify the rise of transnational governance and the challenges that it brings about relating to institutional choice, legitimacy, procedural and substantive fairness or transparency. This book takes a more empirical-based approach focusing on the mechanics of international standard-setting. It constitutes a multidisciplinary inquiry into the foundations of international standard-setting, an empirically under-researched yet important area of international informal lawmaking. Contributors expertly examine the peculiarities of international standardisation in selected issue-areas and legal orders and shed light on the attributes of international standard-setters, allowing comparisons among standard-setting bodies with a view to identifying best practices and improve our understanding about standardisation processes.

Author: Panagiotis Delimatsis
ISBN-10: 1107128331
ISBN-13: 9781107128330
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2015
Pages: 518
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d