This symposium summarizes the main conclusions of an interdisciplinary conference on Multilevel Governance of Interdependent Public Goods at the European University Institute, Florence, in Spring 2011 and reproduces 4 of the altogether 15 conference papers.<xref ref-type="fn" rid="jgs031-FN1">-super-1</xref> This 'Introduction' identifies...

<xref ref-type="sec" rid="SEC2">Section II</xref> discusses six different conceptions of justifying international economic law (IEL). <xref ref-type="sec" rid="SEC3">Section III</xref> argues that the 'dual nature' of modern IEL requires limiting 'Westphalian conceptions' of 'international law among states' through protection of 'cosmopolitan rights' and judicial remedies...

How should citizens evaluate the ever more important case law of international economic courts and their sometimes inadequate responses (e.g. by investor-state arbitration) to 'the governance gaps created by globalization (which) provide the permissive environment for wrongful acts by companies...

In July 2004, the annual conference on Preparing the Doha Development Round: WTO Negotiators Meet the Academics at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute in Florence discussed the role of Developing Countries in the Doha Round: WTO Decision-Making...

On 13--14 September 2002, the European University Institute in Florence sponsored -- thanks to the financial support from British Petroleum (BP) -- an international workshop on the current negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) on improvements and clarifications of the WTO's Dispute...

In June 2003, the annual conference on Preparing the Doha Development Round -- WTO Negotiators Meet Academics was held at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and discussed Challenges to the Legitimacy and Efficiency of the World...

The today universal recognition of 'inalienable' human rights implies that the legitimacy and legality of all government measures, including rules and decisions of intergovernmental organizations, depend also on their respect for human rights as defined in national constitutions and...