Leading law and society scholars apply an empirically grounded approach to the study of transnational legal ordering and its effects within countries.

1. Transnational legal ordering and state change Gregory Shaffer; 2. The dimensions and determinants of state change Gregory Shaffer; 3. Similar in their differences: transnational legal processes addressing money laundering in Brazil and Argentina Maira Machado; 4. Architects of the state: international organizations and the reconstruction of states in East Asia Terrence Halliday; 5. Neoliberalism, transnational education norms, and education spending in the developing world, 1983-2004 Minzee Kim and Elizabeth Boyle; 6. Access to medicines and the transformation of the South African state Heinz Klug; 7. The limits of transnational transformations of the state: comparative regulatory regimes in water services delivery Bronwen Morgan; 8. Conclusion: the study of transnational legal ordering Gregory Shaffer.