Comparative Regional Integration

Carlos Closa is a Professor at the Institute for Public Goods and Policies (IPP) and Director of the Research Area 'European, Transnational and Global Governance' in the Global Governance Programme/RSCAS at the European University Institute (EUI). Lorenzo Casini is a Tenured Associate Professor of Administrative Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Rome 'Sapienza'. He is a Research Fellow at New York University for the Global Administrative Law Project and has written several articles and books on comparative and global administrative law. Omri Sender is Counsel at The World Bank and a consultant in public international law. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in international law at the George Washington University Law School, and frequently writes and publishes in the field of public international law.

• General editors' preface; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Governance structures and processes in integration organisations: formalisation of institutional credible commitments for governance; 2. The development of international legal regimes: models and instruments for legal integration beyond states; 3. Study: Lead, follow, or get out of the way? International secretariats in comparative perspective Omri Sender; Executive summary; Index.