This edited volume explores what we may term the gap between doctrine, theory, lexicon and practice in assessing the descriptive and normative dimensions of actors engaging in rule-making in EU and International law. Drawing together contributions from leading scholars in the field, the collection uses three central and cross-cutting research questions as themes for synthesis, namely: (1) how do we frame actors and action in postnational rule-making; (2) how to we frame new organisations, institutions and their components within postnational rule-making and (3) how do we frame interactions between actors? What practices constitute acting in the shadows?

Elaine Fahey is Senior Lecturer at City Law School, City University London

Foreword: The new rulers: the actors and processes of the global space, Prof. Judge Sabino Cassese Introduction: Framing the Actors of Post-National rule-making, Dr. Elaine Fahey Section 1: Framing Actors in Postnational Rule-making: between Doctrine and Lexicon 1. International Law: Mapping the Terrain of Institutional 'Law-Making': Form and Function in International Law, Dr. Richard Collins 2. European Union Law: The Many Faces of Rulemaking in the EU, Prof. Matthias Ruffert 3. International Relations and Global Governance: Actors in Global Governance Institutions: ASEAN and the EU, Dr. Jens-Uwe Wunderlich Section 2: New Institutional Components and Systems: Establishing Autonomy in Postnational Rule-Making 4. European Union Law: The Practices of the 'New' European Council, Prof. Henri De Waele 5. Transnational and Global Perspectives: Transnational Parliamentarism and Global Governance: The New Practice of Democracy, Dr. Davor Jancic 6. Interaction as a Site of Post-National Rule Making A case study of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, Dr. Rene Urueña Section 3: Interactions between Actors in Postnational Rule-Making: Framing Practices 'in the Shadows' and Beyond 7. Between EU and International Law: The EU: A Shadowy Global Actor: casestudy of the UN, Prof. Jan Wouters, Jed Odermatt and Anna-Luise Chané 10. European Private Law: Lawmakers in the Shadows: Legal academics in the Construction of European Private Law, Dr. Ruth Sefton-Green 9. European Union Law: Lobbyists: Rule-makers in the Shadow, Dr. Emilia Korkea-aho