International economic law and national autonomy / edited by Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Susy Frankel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Meredith Kolsky, editor.

Frankel, Susy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation.

Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.

Investments, Foreign.

International commercial arbitration.

Commercial treaties.

International and municipal law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

International Economic Law & National Autonomy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International commitments may sit uneasily with national pressures in the best of times. This age of economic uncertainty brings these tensions into sharper relief. This volume draws together thirteen analyses of this tension in a wide array of contexts, including each of the three main pillars of the World Trade Organization, international investment law and arbitration, and the international financial institutions. The essays feature internationally recognised experts addressing topical examples of international economic law obligations clashing with domestic political interests. For example, Professor Robert Howse, of New York University Law School, addresses issues of globalization and whether international and national interests can in today's world be considered separate, while Ko-Yung Tung, the former Director-General of the World Bank, looks at trends in investment treaty arbitration and considers what the future may hold in light of the recent financial crisis, the rise of China as an economic powerhouse, and other factors.

Contents:

The end of the globalization debate : continued / Robert Howse

Global economic institutions and the autonomy of development policy : a pluralist approach / Yuka Fukunaga

Fragmentation, openness and hegemony : adjudication and the WTO / Jason Beckett

Demanding perfection : private food standards and the SPS Agreement / Tracey Epps

Eroding national autonomy from the TRIPS Agreement / Susy Frankel

The WTO and RTAs : a 'bottom-up' interpretation of RTAs' autonomy over WTO law / Alberta Fabbricotti

'Gambling' with sovereignty : complying with international obligations or upholding national autonomy / Henning Grosse Ruse-Kahn

Safety standards and indigenous products : what role for traditional knowledge? / Meredith Kolsky Lewis

The GATS and temporary migration policy / Rafael Leal-Arcas

A different approach to the external trade requirement of GATT Article XXIV : assessing 'other regulations of commerce' in the context of EC enlargement and its heightened regulatory standards / Pinar Artiran

Foreign investors vs. sovereign states : towards a global framework, BIT by BIT / Ko-Yung Tung

How 'trade in service' transforms the regulation of temporary migration for remittances in poor countries / Jane Kelsey

Reconceptualising international investment law : bringing the public interest into private business / Kate Miles.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-21276-6

0-511-86188-5

1-282-92167-3

9786612921674

0-511-86042-0

0-511-85955-4

0-511-85868-X

0-511-85781-0

0-511-76047-7

0-511-85694-6

OCLC:

693761313