The aim of this essay is to provide an overview of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) mandate and tools to safeguard financial stability and reduce systemic risks based on the methodological perspective of a legal analysis. It examines some of the recommendations that the FSB has published,...

Rolf H. Weber analyses the technological infrastructure environment and the regulatory theories developed in the Internet Governance context. Based on this foundation the transnational normative ecosystem is outlined, followed by a detailed discussion of the substantive Internet Governance...

Figures in digital trade show a substantial growth over the last years, but WTO law does not provide for an adequate legal framework encompassing digital trade rules. The Information technology Agreement might not encompass all new goods since the relevant Appendices have not been amended for 14...

The global financial crisis triggered a vast number of new laws and regulations at international level, including initiatives that can be classified as "soft law". The legitimacy and efficacy of these new norms are subject to intensive academic and political debates. At the same time, soft law...

This paper summarizes the short selling restrictions adopted - mainly on an emergency basis - in the time period of July 2008 up to mid-June 2010 in 56 countries around the world. It is a supplement to a recent article of the authors (Gruenewald et al., 2010) and gives a detailed overview of the...