Flohr Self-Regulation and Legalization

Making Global Rules for Banks and Corporations
2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-35956-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 239 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Global Issues

Departing from an International Relations perspective, this book inquires how industry self-regulation affects the role of international law in governing global banks. It provides case studies of the Wolfsberg Principles and the Equator Principles.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flohr, Annegret

Flohr, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Industry Self-Regulation: Soft Rules for Corporations 3. The Theoretical Framework: Legalization as Hard Rules for States? 4. A Brief History of Governance in the Financial Sector 5. Anti-Money Laundering and the Wolfsberg Principles 6. Legalization of Anti-Money Laundering 7. Environmental Safeguards and the Equator Principles 8. Legalization of Environmental and Social Safeguards 9. Conclusion: Patterns and Dynamics of Self-Regulatory Impact

Über Autor(innen)

Annegret Flohr is Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany. She specialises in the role of banks and extractive industries in international politics. Her recent publications include The Role of Business in Global Governance (co-authored with Lothar Rieth, Sandra Schwindenhammer and Klaus Dieter Wolf).