Private Standards and Global Governance

Edited by Axel Marx, Deputy Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuven, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen, KU Leuven and Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam, KU Leuven, Belgium

• Contents:1. Introduction: Private Standards and Global GovernanceAxel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan WoutersPART I: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE THROUGH PRIVATE STANDARDS: THE CASES OF NATURAL RESOURCES, FOOD AND LABOUR CONDITIONS2. Governing Global Commons: The Public‐Private Protection of Fish and ForestsFrans van Waarden3. Private Standards in Forestry: Assessing the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship CouncilAxel Marx, Emilie Bécault and Jan Wouters4. Private Standards in Global Agri-food ChainsSpencer Henson and John Humphrey5. Market-driven Promotion of International Labour Standards in Southeast Asia: The Corporatization of Social JusticeLudo Cuyvers and Tim De MeyerPART II: PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES6. Private Standards, Global Food Supply Chains and the Implications for Developing CountriesMiet Maertens and Johan Swinnen7. Globalization, Private Standards and Poverty: Evidence from SenegalLiesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Johan SwinnenPART III: PRIVATE FOOD STANDARDS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES8. Transnational Governance by Contract: Private Regulation and Contractual Networks in Food SafetyFabrizio Cafaggi9. Food Safety-related Private Standards: The WTO PerspectiveGretchen H. Stanton10. Private Standards, Global Governance and International Trade: The Case of Global Food Safety GovernanceJan Wouters, Axel Marx and Nicolas Hachez11. Conclusion: Private Standards – a Global Governance Tool? Axel Marx, Miet Maertens, Johan Swinnen and Jan WoutersIndex

’This edited volume represents a major contribution to scholarship on the role in private standards in global governance. It brings together a wealth of important new research written by a distinguished group of scholars. It is noteworthy not only for the breadth and depth of its case-studies, but by its extensive analysis of the legal dimensions of private standard setting and enforcement.’