Kendall Stiles is Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University in Utah, USA. He teaches International Relations with an emphasis on law and institutions.

Including a systematic analysis of 8 different countries selected for the variety of regime type, international engagement and economic development they represent, the work caps a five-year research program and represents the culmination of twenty years' worth of work in the disciplines of international relations and international law on legalization and compliance. Stiles highlights the importance of systematic study of compliance in order to move further towards solving truly global issues, such as terrorism, human trafficking, air pollution and collective goods provision.

1. Explaining Compliance with International Law 2. Rules Governing Territorial Defense: Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Piracy, and Anti-Trafficking 3. Rules Designed to Regulate the Market: Shipping and Airline Regulation and CFC Control 4. Laws on Human Rights Promotion: Anti-Slavery Law and Anti-Discrimination against Women 5. Cross-national Analysis of Compliance 6. Globalized Democracies: Peru and Bolivia 7. Globalized Autocracies: Tunisia and Pakistan 8. Isolationist Autocracies: Belarus and Equatorial Guinea 9. Isolationist Democracies: Botswana and Papua New Guinea 10. Conclusion and Epilogue