This 2005 volume examines the question of what accounts for compliance beyond the nation-state.

List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: law and compliance at different levels Michael Zürn; 2. The analysis of compliance with international rules: definitions, variables and methodology Jürgen Neyer and Dieter Wolf; 3. State aid control at the national, European and international level Dieter Wolf; 4. Domestic limits of supranational law: comparing compliance with European and international foodstuffs regulations Jürgen Neyer; 5. Politics of intergovernmental redistribution: comparing compliance with European and federal redistributive regulations Jürgen Neyer; 6. Conclusions - the conditions of compliance Michael Zürn and Jürgen Neyer; 7. Compliance research in legal perspectives Christian Joerges; References; Index.