The political economy of international trade law : essays in honor of Robert E. Hudec /

International experts from law, economics and political science provide in-depth analysis of international trade issues. Attorneys, economists and political scientists adopt a common viewpoint, entitled 'transcending the ostensible'. This approach directs particular attention to the possib...

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Other Authors: Hudec, Robert E. (Editor), Kennedy, Daniel L. M. (Editor), Southwick, James D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Constitutional Developments of International Trade Law
  • 1. Sovereignty, subsidiary and separation of powers : the high wire balancing act of globalization / John H. Jackson
  • 2. Constitutionalism and WTO law : from a state-centered approach towards a human rights approach in international economic law / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
  • 3. WTO decision-making : is it reformable? / Friedl Weiss
  • 4. Some institutional issues presently before the WTO / Pieter J. Kuijper
  • 5. Domestic regulation and international trade : where's the race? / Ronald A. Cass and John R. Haring
  • Part II. The Scope of International Trade Law : Adding New Subjects and Restructuring Old Ones
  • 6. What subjects are suitable for WTO agreement? / Brian Hindley
  • Comment / Joel P. Trachtman
  • 7. International action on bribery and corruption : why the dog didn't bark in the WTO / Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal
  • Comment : It's elementary, my dear friends / Fred Morrison
  • 8. Alternative national merger standards and the prospects for international cooperation / Daniel J. Gifford and Robert T. Kudrle
  • Comment : Harmonizing global merger standards / E. Thomas Sullivan
  • 9. Agriculture on the way to firm international trading rules / Stefan Tangermann
  • Part III. Legal Relations between Developed and Developing Countries
  • 10. The Uruguay Round North-South Grand Bargain : implications for future negotiations / Sylvia Ostry
  • Comment : The Uruguay Round North-South Bargain : will the WTO get over it? / Michael Finger
  • 11. The TRIPS-legality of measures taken to address public health crises : responding to USTR-State-Industry positions that undermine the WTO / Frederick M. Abbott
  • Comment : The TRIPS agreement / T.N. Srinivasan
  • 12. 'If only we were elephants' : the political economy of the WTO's treatment of trade and environment matters / Gregory C. Shaffer
  • Comment / Sara Dillon
  • 13. The Seattle impasse and its implications for the WTO / John S. Odell
  • Comment / Robert Howse
  • 14. Developing country interests in WTO agricultural policy / G. Edward Schuh
  • Comment : developing country interests in WTO agricultural policy / Terry L. Roe
  • Part IV. The Operation of the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedure
  • 15. Testing international trade law : empirical studies of GATT/WTO dispute settlement / Marc L. Busch and Eric Reinhardt
  • 16. The appellate body and its contribution to WTO dispute settlement / Debra P. Steger
  • 17. A permanent panel body for WTO dispute settlement : desirable or practical? / William J. Davey
  • Comment : step by step to an international trade court / Amelia Porges
  • 18. International trade policy and domestic food safety regulation : the case for substantial deference by the WTO dispute settlement body under the SPS agreement / Michel Trebilcock and Julie Soloway
  • Comment : the case against clarity / Daniel A. Farber
  • 19. Judicial supremacy, judicial restraint and the issue of consistency of preferential trade agreements with the WTO : the apple in the picture / Petros C. Mavroidis
  • 20. Rethinking WTO trade sanctions / Steve Charnovitz
  • 21. Problems with the compliance structure of the WTO dispute resolution process / Gary N. Horlick
  • 22. 'Inducing compliance' in WTO Dispute Settlement / David Palmeter and Stanimir A. Alexandrov.