Socio-legal approaches to international economic law : text, context, subtext / edited by Amanda Perry-Kessaris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda, editor. of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation.

International economic relations.

Law and economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection explores the analytical, empirical and normative components that distinguish socio-legal approaches to international economic law both from each other, and from other approaches. It pays particular attention to the substantive focus (what) of socio-legal approaches, noting that they go beyond the text to consider context and, often, subtext. In the process of identifying the 'what' and the 'how' (analytical and empirical tools) of their own socio-legal approaches, contributors to this collection reveal why they or anyone else ought to bother--the many reasons 'why' it is imp

Contents:

What does it mean to take a socio-legal approach to international economic law? / Amanda Perry-Kessaris

Navigating new landscapes : socio-legal mapping of plurality and power in international economic law / Celine Tan

Law, economy and society in the global age : a study guide / Sabine Frerichs

How World Trade Organisation law makes itself possible : 'Every Time Describe a City, I am Saying Something About Venice' / Ronnie R. F. Yearwood with Ross C. Davis

(Re)Conceptualising international economic law : a socio-legal approach to regionalism / Claire Gammage

Global duelists: the recursive politics of the text in international trade law / Terence C. Halliday and Susan Block-Lieb

Power and production in global legal pluralism : an international political economy approach / David Schneiderman

Reflexive international economic Law : balancing economic and social goals in the construction of law / Cecilia Juliana Flores Elizondo

Transnational networks of community and international economic law / Roger Cotterrell

A Qui l'Homme Sauvage? : the text, context and subtext of agreements between mining corporations and indigenous communities / Deval Desai

Global legal transplants through the lens of community : lessons for and from Chinese property law / Ting Xu

Culture clash : valuing heritage in investment disputes / Valentina Sara Vadi

'You Are On My Property' : economic, legal and moral objections to regulation from a banker's perspective / Ioannis Glinavos

Corporate respect for human rights : as good as it gets? / Sally Wheeler

Human rights, corporate social responsibility and international economic law : strong answers to strong questions? / Aurora Voiculescu

Rewriting the centricity of the state in pursuit of global justice / Kirsteen Shields.

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-292) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-12190-7

0-203-07575-7

1-299-27893-0

1-135-12191-5

9780203075753

OCLC:

830161445