When private governance impedes multilateralism: The case of international pesticide governance

Private Internet Governance

Private Environmental Governance

Environmental law has quietly transformed from a positive law field deeply rooted in administrative law to one that is also heavily rooted in private law and private governance. After two decades (1970–1990) of remarkable activity, more than two decades have now passed without a major federal environmental statute (1991–2012). Whether the appropriate next step is expansion or contraction, refor...

Trademarks and Private Environmental Governance

The Role of Corporate Governance in improving the Regulatory Ranking of Iranian Private Banks

The health of a bank helps to maintain the trust and confidence of the bank and also the interests of the beneficiaries. But balancing the interests of all stakeholders requires improving corporate governance in banks. Given the importance of the issue, this paper examines the effect of corporate governance on bankschr('39') regulatory rankings. For this purpose, the required criteria have been...

When Creativity Meets Metropolitan Governance

scapes or metropolitan regions. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) defines governance today as “the organization and administration of regional authorities and institutions on the most varied levels as well as the corresponding processes of decision-making, cooperation, and exertion of influence” (OECD 2001). But, as most observers of politico-institutional develop...