How Hard and Soft Law Interact in International Regulatory Governance: Alternatives, Complements and Antagonists

Gregory C. Shaffer and Mark A. Pollack
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Gregory C. Shaffer: Melvin C. Steen Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, USA
Mark A. Pollack: Professor of Political Science, Temple University, USA

Chapter 4 in Systemic Implications of Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation and Competition, 2011, pp 63-129 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionThe Canonical Literature on International Hard and Soft Law: Their Attributes as Alternatives and their Interaction as ComplementsDefinitions of hard and soft lawAdvantages and disadvantages of hard and soft law as alternativesHard and soft law interaction as complementsTheorizing International Hard and Soft Law Interaction: Power, Distributive Conflict and Regime ComplexesThe EU, the US, and power in international regulatory governanceThe challenge of distributive conflictThe challenge of fragmented regime conflictsHard and Soft Law Interaction as AntagonistsHypotheses as to the Interaction of Hard and Soft Law InstrumentsConclusionsReferences

Keywords: Transatlantic Regulatory Competition and Cooperation; International Regulatory Competition and Cooperation; Systemic Consequences of Transatlantic Regulatory Competition and Cooperation; Sector-Specific Consequences of Transatlantic Regulatory Competition and Cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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