Sustainable Developments in World Trade Law (Global Trade Law Series Previously Global Trade and Finance Volume 9)

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-411-2366-4
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 776 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1352 g

Reihe: Global Trade and Finance

In Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, over
one hundred and eighty states assumed a collective responsibility to advance
and strengthen the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of
sustainable development economic development, social development, an
environmental protection at the local, national, regional and global levels.

This remarkable collection of papers, sponsored by the Centre for
International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), demonstrates that
sustainable development serves as a unifying concept with the potential to
facilitate much-needed respect for international law and timely implementation
of diverse and overlapping international commitments. It builds on the
substance of a rich and complex debate at the intersections among economic,
social, and environmental law, bringing together a broad cross-section of
viewpoints and voices. The authors review recent developments in WTO
discussions and negotiations, and in the recent decisions of the WTO Appellate
Body, from a sustainable development law perspective. They also survey
relevant new developments in trade and economic agreements at regional,
inter-regional and bi-lateral levels.

The various essays focus on sustainable development aspects of key issues in
recent trade negotiations such as the Singapore Issues (investment,
competition, trade facilitation, and government procurement), intellectual
property rights, investment arbitration and the linkage between the WTO and
multilateral environmental accords, (MEAand#191;s). Among the specific topics
covered are the following:

Emerging areas of law and policy in trade and sustainable development,

The underlying development agendas in global trade law negotiations,

Cooperation and potential negotiation on international competition law,

Sustainable development aspects of intellectual property rights negotiations,

Overlaps between multilateral environmental accords (MEAand#191;s) and the WTO,

Recent developments in WTO dispute settlement procedures and proceedings,
Human rights and environmental opportunities from trade liberalisation and
increased market acces,

Human rights and environment impact assessment techniques used to analyse
trade agreements,

Recent developments in bi-lateral and regional trade agreements.

Trade, investment, and competition law practitioners and negotiators in
developed and developing countries will find this book of great value, as will
development and environment law professionals with responsibility for trade
and WTO law related matters. With rich contributions from leading trade law
practitioners, academics, and WTO panel and appellate body roster members,
Sustainable Developments in World Trade Law offers a constructive,
timely and accessible expert analysis of recent discussions and advances in
the field, providing an integrated and essential guide to some of the most
important issues in international economic law today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gehring, Markus W.

Segger, Marie-Claire Cordonier

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationaler Handel