Description: Lawmaking by international organizations has enormous influence over world trade and national economies. This book explores who makes that law and how.
Brief description: Susan Block-Lieb is the Cooper Family Professor in Urban Legal Issues at Fordham University, New York, School of Law.
Review Quotes: 'The narrative of UNCITRAL's pursuit of a competitive edge over the past fifty years rests on a highly convincing conceptual approach. Through its original socio-legal orientation, the book reveals the struggles inside UNCITRAL as well as dynamics of competition, cooperation and competitive cooperation among international organisations. As such, it is an important extensive empirical study of commercial law-making within UNCITRAL, and makes a valuable contribution to the theory of international organizations. Its framework as well as its informative and engaging findings will be beneficial for many researchers interested in international organization, the international system, global civil society and global governance in the years to come.' Ondřej Svoboda, International Organizations Law Review