This book makes a substantial contribution...It is essential reading for all scholars and students interested in the mind-boggling challenges and complexities of multilayered governance for democracy in a world of globalised markets…All the papers, in their own way, offer rich insights from very different angles…For the lawyer, the contributions by political scientists are particularly helpful in understanding the doctrine of legitimacy and deliberative democracy. They assist in advancing legal thinking. The same is likely true for the legal papers, which could assist the political scientist and economist in coming to grips with the complexities of multilevel trade governance.
Thomas Cottier
Journal of International Economic Law
2007



The arguments, findings and suggestions are of such richness in advancing the knowledge of interconnections between various layers and sources of law in balancing trade and market liberalization with non-economic considerations, that the reader will be in the position to increasingly appreciate this project only after repeated reading. And he/she will never be disappointed by the inspiration which the book sparks on the international/trans-national constitutionalism discourse.
Luca Rubini
Common Market Law Review
Volume 44, Issue 5