Foreword. The transnationalism of Detlev Vagts Harold Hongju Koh; 1. Introduction. A festschrift to celebrate Detlev Vagts' contributions to transnational law Pieter Bekker, Rudolf Dolzer and Michael Waibel; 2. Detlev Vagts and the Harvard Law School William Alford; 3. Constructing and developing transnational law: the contribution of Detlev Vagts Henry Steiner; Part I. International Law in General: 4. 'Hegemonic international law' in retrospect Anthony Anghie; 5. Textual interpretation and (international) law reading: the myth of (in) determinacy and the genealogy of meaning Andrea Bianchi; 6. The changing role of the State in the globalizing world economy Jost Delbruck; 7. Sources of human rights obligations binding the UN Security Council Bardo Fassbender; 8. Is transnational law eclipsing international law? Daniel Kalderimis; 9. Participation in WTO and foreign direct investment - national or community competences Juliane Kokott; 10. From dualism to pluralism: the relationship between international law, European law and domestic law Andreas Paulus; 11. Transnational law comprises constitutional, administrative, criminal, and quasi-private law Anne Peters; 12. Founding myths, international law and voting rights in the District of Columbia Siegfried Wiessner; 13. The tormented relationship between international law and EU law Jan Wouters; 14. International law scholarship in times of dictatorship and democracy - exemplified by the life and work of Wilhelm Wengler Andreas Zimmermann; Part II. Transnational Economic Law: 15. Sovereignty-plus in the era of interdependence: toward an international convention on combating human rights violations by transnational corporations Olivier De Schutter; 16. The noisy secrecy: Swiss banking law in international dispute Jean Nicolas Druey; 17. Not-for-profit organisations, conflicts of laws, and the right of establishment under the EC treaty Werner Ebke; 18. The meaning of 'investment' in the ICSID convention Barton Legum and Caline Mouawad; 19. Toward a proper perspective of the private company's distinctiveness George Nnona; 20. Administrative law and international law: the encounter of an odd couple Hernan Perez Loose; 21. Making transnational law a reality through regime-building: the case of international investment law Jeswald Salacuse; 22. Creditor protection in international law Michael Waibel; 23. Stability, integration, and political modalities: some American reflections on the European project after the financial crisis David Westbrook; Part III. Transnational Lawyering and Dispute Resolution: 24. Diffusion of law: the world court as a court of transnational justice Pieter Bekker; 25. Regulating counsel conduct before international arbitral tribunals Charles Brower and Stephan Schill; 26. International arbitrators as equity judges Jan Dalhuisen; 27. Customary international law in United States courts: the origins of the later-in-time rule William Dodge; 28. Mediation and civil justice: a public-private partnership? Peter Murray; 29. The borders of bias: rectitude in international arbitration William Park; 30. Managing conflicts between rulings of the WTO and regional trade tribunals: reflections on the Brazil-Tyres case Julia Ya Qin; 31. Cross-border bankruptcy as a model for the regulation of international attorneys Catherine Rogers.