Who are the agents of financial regulation? Is good (or bad) financial governance merely the
work of legislators and regulators? Here Annelise Riles argues that financial governance is …

In this concluding essay to the special issue on Private Regulation in the Global Economy, I
review the main findings, focused on the answers that the papers in this issue jointly suggest …

This introduction to the special issue combines a review of the existing literature about the
causes and consequences of private regulation in the global economy with a preview of the …

Theories of business ethics or corporate responsibility tend to focus on justifying obligations
that go above and beyond what is required by law. This article examines the curious fact that …

Food safety regulation is a key policy area that has witnessed an increasing alignment of
risk and regulation. This paper examines the emergence and operation of co-regulation–a …

Our purpose in this chapter is to examine the potential role of nongovernmental actors, and
especially those with close connections to the business community, in fostering positive …

Demands have been growing upon firms to take actions in the interests of workers, the
environment, local communities, and others. Firms sometimes have felt they could best …

Fred owns an auto dealership. He is kind to children, bakes brownies for neighbors, and
feeds stray cats. He also does not pay his taxes. Fred lives in a well-functioning democracy …

Private regulation often entails competition among multiple rule-makers, but private rules
and regulators do not always compete. For substantial parts of the global economy, a single …

Existing financial market architectures combine astonishing complexity with tight coupling,
making them prone to systemic crises or “normal accidents” and placing extraordinary …