TY - BOOK AU - Aust,Jérôme TI - Negotiating around the Law, Negotiating with the Law PY - 2009///. N1 - 48 N2 - According to the theory of local governance, law has little influence on the policy-making process. In a context of multilevel governance, contracts and negotiations are being used more frequently. This paper shows on the contrary that even if they negotiate, policy-makers use the law as a vehicle to affirm their leadership and to coordinate their positions. These activities must be contextualized, however, to be understood UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-droit-et-societe1-2009-1-page-181?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -