Global and Comprehensive Regimes: The un System
The scope of multinational economic policy regimes must be defined in at least two different dimensions: 1) geographic or political scope, referring to spatial and/or other jurisdictional dimensions of the regime; and 2) functional scope, referring to the kinds of activities over which the regime is intended to have some influence. The geographic/political scope of the European Union (EU), for example, is limited to certain countries in Europe that have opted and been accepted for membership. The functional scope of most multinational regimes is also typically limited; they deal only with the specific set of concerns (e.g., trade, air travel, environmental issues) agreed upon among their participants. A regime that is (at least in principle) open to all participants that might have an interest in its activities, or that takes actions intended to affect all parts of the world, may be termed global. A regime that may (again, at least in principle) address any and all concerns that might arise among its participants, without regard to specific prior agreement as to the appropriateness of the inquiry, may be termed comprehensive. (National political regimes, i.e., governments, are functionally comprehensive within their individual borders.)
Transnational corporations : the international legal framework
Volume 17: Transnational Corporations and Innovatory Activities Edited by John Cantwell Part One - Theory and analytical foundations Part Two - The internationalization of technological activity Part Three - New organizational forms: innovation through inter-firm cooperation, by Third World transnational corporations, and the organizational development of Japanese transnational corporations Part Four - The ownership and location of innovative capacity, the internationalization of economic activity, and policies for national competitivenessVolume 18: Transnational Corporations and Technology Transfer to Developing Countries Edited by Edward Chen Part One - The role of transnational corporations in technology transfer Part Two - Forms, costs and conditions of technology transfer Part Three - Impacts on host and home countriesVolume 19: Transnational Corporations and National Law Edited by Seymour J Rubin and Don Wallace, Jr Part One - The corporation - basic law and nationality Part Two - National regulations and solutions to particular problemsVolume 20: Transnational Corporations: The International Legal Framework Edited byA.A. Fatouros Part One - Towards an international legal framework Part Two - Principal lawmaking methods and instruments Part Three - Major disruptions of the operations of transnational corporations Part Four - The establishment and operations of transnational corporations _
Is the U.N. Becoming a Global Nanny? The Case of Consumer Protection Guidelines
This publication takes the position that the United Nations should not assume the role of a global nanny, intervening in matters which are essentially the jurisdiction of individual nations.