Introduction—Operationalizing Global Governance

The goal of this conference, the fourteenth annual symposium of the Journal, is to apply what we have learned about global governance to that project. How does governance really work on the ground as we seek to solve global problems? Conference participants sought to conceptualize global governance not as a theory but as a pat tern of practices in operation. Without losing sight of the specificity of particular issues, they attempted to identify common principles or practices emerging across areas of operation as actors involved in global issues sought to promote the common good.

The participants in the Symposium included scholars and practitioners from the United States and abroad. They were: Adeno Addis, Tulane University Law School; Sarah Altschuller, Foley Hoag LLP, Washington D.C.; Larry Catá Backer, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law; Tim Baines, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, London; Michael Ewing-Chow, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore; Faina Milman-Sivan, Professor of Law, University of Haifa; Muna Ndulo, Cornell Law School; Sarah Phillips, Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University; Blake Puckett, Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Bloomington; Gustavo Ribeiro, S.J.D. candidate, Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Bloomington; Miguel Schor, Suffolk University Law School; Michael Szporluk, Mercy Corps; Robert Wai, Osgoode Hall Law School; and Timothy Waters, Indiana University Maurer School of Law — Bloomington.