'Karl-Heinz Ladeur's volume offers a timely and original contribution to the debate on globalization and public governance. Responsibility - Ladeur says - will in the long run be concentrated neither at the level of domestic governments nor at the supranational level...rather, it will rather rest with private-public networks of decision-makers and groups that proliferate and overlap at all levels. The volume explores this hypothesis from a wide array of perspectives, bringing together cutting-edge research by leading academics in each field. The book will be a benchmark for the discussion to come.' Professor Oliver Gerstenberg, Leeds University, UK 'This is an extraordinary book. It offers a fascinating composition of contributions to the multi-faceted globalization debate from a wide range of disciplines (constitutionalism, comparative law and legal theory; international relations and international law and international trade law; social philosophy, sociology and political science.) Karl-Heinz Ladeur's collection...documents why globalization processes need to be explored from so many perspectives and at so many levels - and how such multi-disciplinary can generate synergetic effects.' Professor Christian Joerges, European University Institute, Florence, Italy '...refreshing in its attempt to apply empirical insights to emerging normative questions about global governance...The book's interdisciplinary approach to public governance is particularly valuable since certain disciplines are better suited to investigating certain institutions...the essays successfully contribute to the development of a unified academic idiom.' Global and European Law Book Review