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Regulating Transnational Sustainability Regimes, by Enrico Partiti Cambridge University Press, 2022, 256 pp, £85 hb, US$88 ebk ISBN 9781108837576 hb, 9781108944687 ebk

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Regulating Transnational Sustainability Regimes, by Enrico Partiti Cambridge University Press, 2022, 256 pp, £85 hb, US$88 ebk ISBN 9781108837576 hb, 9781108944687 ebk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2022

Graeme Auld*
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON (Canada)

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3 Marrakesh (Morocco), 15 Apr. 1994, in force 1 Jan. 1995, available at: http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/06-gatt_e.htm.

4 Bartley (2003), n. 1 above, pp. 447–48; FSC website is available at: http://fsc.org.

5 Auld, n. 1 above, pp. 76–7, 100.

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9 K.W. Abbott et al., International Organizations as Orchestrators (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

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13 Marrakesh (Morocco), 15 Apr. 1994, in force 1 Jan. 1995 (TBT Agreement), available at: https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/17-tbt_e.htm.

14 Adopted by UN General Assembly Resolution 56/83, 12 Dec. 2001, UN Doc. A/56/49(Vol. I)/Corr.4, available at: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/draft_articles/9_6_2001.pdf.

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19 TBT Agreement, n. 13 above, Annex 3, Code of Good Practices for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards.

20 Abbott & Snidal, n. 8 above.

21 H. van der Ven, Beyond Greenwash: Explaining Credibility in Transnational Eco-labeling (Oxford University Press, 2019), pp. 48–9.

22 P. Schleifer, M. Fiorini & G. Auld, ‘Transparency in Transnational Governance: The Determinants of Information Disclosure of Voluntary Sustainability Programs’ (2019) 13(4) Regulation & Governance, pp. 488–506.

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24 Schleifer, Fiorini & Auld, n. 22 above.

25 H. van der Ven, ‘Effects of Stakeholder Input on Voluntary Sustainability Standards’ (2022) 75 Global Environmental Change, article 102554.

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