Regulating international business : beyond liberalization / edited by Sol Picciotto and Ruth Mayne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Picciotto, Sol.

Mayne, Ruth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade regulation.

International business enterprises--Law and legislation--United States.

International business enterprises.

International business enterprises--Law and legislation.

United States.

Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.

Investments, Foreign.

Sustainable development--Law and legislation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

xi, 277 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press in association with Oxfam, 1999.

Summary:

Arguing that increased global economic integration and interdependence needs to be underpinned by a strengthened international regulatory frame work, this collection of 14 articles is arranged in four sections addressing a historical and critical evaluation of international investment protection and liberalization; a broader agenda, including the implications of the MAI for use of natural resources and land, improving investor accountability, and labor regulations in international markets; interactions between formal and informal regulations such as the role of voluntary codes of conduct and regulation and corporate codes of conduct; and the politics of accountability.

Contents:

1 Introduction: What Rules for the World Economy? / Sol Picciotto 1

Part I International Investment Protection and Liberalization

2 Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries / V. N. Balasubramanyam 29

3 A Brief History of Business Regulation / Peter Muchlinski 47

4 Defending the Legacy of Rio: the Civil Society Campaign against the MAI / Nick Mabey 60

5 A Critical Assessment of the MAI / Sol Picciotto 82

Part II Broadening the Agenda

6 Implications of the MAI for Use of Natural Resources and Land / Lawrence Tshuma 109

7 Improving Investor Accountability / Dominic Ayine, Jacob Werksman 126

8 Transfer of Technology and Competition Policy in the Context of a Possible Multilateral Investment Agreement / Pedro Roffe 142

9 Stabilizing Capital Flows to Developing Countries: the Role of Regulation / Stephany Griffith-Jones, Jenny Kimmis 161

10 Labour Regulation in Internationalized Markets / Bob Hepple 183

Part III The Interaction of Formal and Informal Regulation

11 Corporate Codes of Conduct: the Privatized Application of Labour Standards / Neil Kearney 205

12 The Role of Voluntary Codes of Conduct and Regulation - a Retailer's View* / Petrina Fridd, Jessica Sainsbury 221

13 Regulating TNCs: the Role of Voluntary and Governmental Approaches / Ruth Mayne 235

Part IV The Politics of Accountability

14 NGOs, Global Civil Society and Global Economic Regulation / Robert O'Brien 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312225873

OCLC:

41211265