Drawing upon global governance, global civil society (GCS) and international lawmaking scholarship and presenting studies of GCS practice in international lawma

John Keane, a leading scholar of political theory, tracks the recent development of a big idea with fresh potency - global civil society. In this timely book, K

Lawmaking by international organizations has enormous influence over world trade and national economies. This book explores who makes that law and how.

International law scholarship has not adequately recognised the magnitude of the role of ‘global civil society’ in ‘global governance’ and ‘internatio

While its importance in domestic law has long been acknowledged, transparency has until now remained largely unexplored in international law. This study of tran