International Economic Law and National Autonomy

Herausgeber: Kolsky Lewis, Meredith; Frankel, Susy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9780521114608
• ISBN-10: 0521114608
• Artikelnr.: 30976147

Autorenporträt

Susy Frankel is a Professor of Law at the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law (NZCIEL). In addition to her academic position, Susy is Chair of the Copyright Tribunal (NZ) and an Independent Hearings Officer for the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. International Economic Law: Conceptions of Convergence and
Divergence: 1. The end of the globalization debate - continued Robert
Howse; 2. Global economic institutions and the autonomy of development
policy: a pluralist approach Yuka Fukunaga; 3. Fragmentation, openness, and
hegemony: adjudication and the WTO Jason Beckett; Part II. WTO Treaty
Interpretation: Implications and Consequences: 4. Demanding perfection:
private food standards and the SPS Agreement Tracey Epps; 5. Eroding
national autonomy from the TRIPS Agreement Susy Frankel; 6. The WTO and
RTAs: a 'bottom-up' interpretation of RTAs' autonomy over WTO law Alberta
Fabbricotti; 7. 'Gambling' with sovereignty: complying with international
obligations or upholding national autonomy Henning Grosse Ruse-Kahn; Part
III. Responding to International Economic Law Commitments: 8. Safety
standards and indigenous products: what role for traditional knowledge?
Meredith Kolsky Lewis; 9. The GATS and temporary migration policy Rafael
Leal-Arcas; 10. 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;
Part IV. Transformations in International Economic Law: 11. Foreign
investors vs. sovereign states: towards a global framework, BIT by BIT
Ko-Yung Tung; 12. What about the people? How GATS Mode 4 transforms
national regulation of temporary migration for remittances in poor
countries Jane Kelsey; 13. Reconceptualising international investment law:
bringing the public interest into private business Kate Miles.