'Reiners' book is rich in detail and a real delight to read for anyone interested in the human rights machinery of the UN, the making and innovation of human rights law and the central protagonists behind this process. It opens up numerous fruitful and interesting lines of inquiry which will inspire new scholarship on international law, transnational elites and professionals, and the transformation of authority in international relations. With transnational lawmaking coalitions, Reiners has offered scholars a very interesting and apt concept which captures the heterogeneity of international human rights lawmaking.' Alvina Hoffmann, Global Policy
1. Introduction; 2. Human rights treaty interpretation; 3. Transnational lawmaking coalitions; 4. How water became a human right; 5. Interpretation across treaty bodies; 6. Lawmaking without governments?; 7. Conclusion.