International Economic Law with a Human Face.

International Economic Law with a Human Face.

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Weiss, Friedl.
TeilnehmendeR:
Denters, Erik.
de Waart, Paul.
Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 1998.
©1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (606 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Authors
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Abbreviations
  • International economic law with a human face: An introductory review
  • 1. About the book
  • 2. International social critique of state practice
  • 3. The structure of 'economic law with a human face'
  • 3.1 Towards a new human and economic order
  • 3.2 Trade, environmental protection and resource management
  • 3.3 Investment and finance
  • 4. Globalization of good governance and civil society
  • 4.1 Definition of (good) governance
  • 4.2 Definition of civil society
  • 5. Globalization for the benefit of all
  • PART I TOWARDS A NEW HUMAN AND ECONOMIC ORDER
  • Chapter 1: The legal context: concepts, principles, standards and and institutions
  • 1. Problems of environmental discipline
  • 2. Sustainable development
  • 3. General principles
  • 4. Standards and institutions
  • 5. Financing performance of developing-country undertakings
  • 6. Tasks ahead
  • Chapter 2: The erosion of state authority and its implications for equitable development
  • 1. Declining state authority
  • 2. The global market economy and its effect on state authority
  • 3. The impact of international economic regimes
  • 4. Transnational civil society
  • 5. Micro-nationalism and localism
  • 6. Failed states and illegal regimes
  • 7. Is the state withering away? Should it?
  • Chapter 3: Globalization and the future role of sovereign states
  • 1. Historical perspective
  • 2. The meaning of 'globalization'
  • 3. The role of states in the global economy
  • 4. Some idealistic views on the effects of globalization on the role of the state
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Chapter 4: Emerging state practice of democratic government with special reference to the Commonwealth and South Asia
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Promotion of democracy, good governance and human rights
  • 2.1 The Harare Declaration: the case for updating or amplification
  • 2.2 The Harare declaration: implementation mechanisms
  • 2.2.1 Support of processes and institutions
  • 2.2.2 Response to violations
  • 2.2.3 Implementation of measures
  • 3. The 'Gandhi' Agenda for the worldwide promotion of human rights
  • 3.1 Promoting participatory decision-making
  • 3.2 Securing free elections
  • 3.3 Interlinking peace, security and development
  • 3.4 Upholding freedom of information
  • 4. The emerging right to democratic government
  • Chapter 5: Internationally recognized labour standards and trade
  • 1. Introduction and Background
  • 1.1 Preliminary remarks
  • 1.2 Themes and issues
  • 1.3 Terminology : 'International' v. 'Fair' labour standards
  • 1.4 From Marrakesh to Singapore
  • 2. Evolution of the link between trade and labour rights
  • 2.1. From integrated to segregated standards and back
  • 2.2 The impact of globalization
  • 2.3 The 'link': ILO, GATT and unilateral state practice
  • 3. The changing framework
  • 3.1 Integrating separate concerns
  • 3.2 Historical antecedents
  • 3.2.1 From linkage to 'social policy conditionality'
  • 3.2.2 The ITO connection
  • 3.3 Labour in GATT practice
  • 3.3.1 Proposals by contracting parties
  • 3.3.2 U.S. request for a Working Party
  • 3.3.3 Deliberations in GATT Councils
  • 4. GATT Panel Practice
  • 4.1 Adjudication without law?
  • 4.2 Protection of domestic labour
  • 4.3 Protection of foreign labour
  • 4.3.1 Potential legal bases in GATT/WTO law
  • 4.3.2 Implications of the 'Gasoline' Rulings
  • 5. Standard Setting
  • 5.1 Merits and demerits of the incorporation of standards
  • 5.2 Selection of standards for a 'Social Clause'
  • 5.3 Supervision of compliance
  • 6. Concluding remarks.
  • Chapter 6: Quality of life at the mercy of WTO Panels: GATT's Article XX an empty shell?
  • 1. Human rights in international trade
  • 2. People(s) at the centre of development
  • 3. Commitments of the Social Summit
  • 4. Linking economic growth to human development
  • 4.1 Human development agencies
  • 4.1.1 FAO/IFAD
  • 4.1.2 WHO
  • 4.1.3 UNESCO
  • 4.1.4 ILO
  • 4.2 Economic growth agendes
  • 4.2.1 WMO
  • 4.2.2 IMF/World Bank
  • 4.2.3 UNCTAD/UNIDO
  • 4.2.4 WTO/WIPO
  • 5. GATT's general exception clause
  • 5.1 Protection of human life and health
  • 5.2 WTO conservation of natural resources
  • 6. Disputes on trade and (human) environment
  • 6.1 Disputes on multilateral environmental agreements
  • 6.2 Article XX an empty shell?
  • Chapter 7: Development partnerships and development research: from advocacy to action/reflections on method
  • 1. International law with a human face: a framework of inquiry
  • 1.1 Participatory development
  • 1.2 The principle of life long learning
  • 1.3 New partnership between governments and people
  • 2. The structure of development co-operation
  • 2.1 The Arusha structure of development policies dialogues
  • 2.2 Constitutional orders and scenarios of participatory development
  • 2.3 One model of participation of non-state actors/institutions in democratization
  • 2.4 The evolution of development theory
  • 3. Conclusions
  • Chapter 8: International trade and human rights from the perspective of the WTO
  • 1. WTO's human rights dimension
  • 1.1 Trade-related issues
  • 1.2 Non-trade issues
  • 2. Legal context
  • 2.1 Trade-related norms
  • 2.2 Non-trade norms
  • 3. The influence of non-trade considerations in the WTO decision making processes
  • 4. Conclusions
  • PART II TRADE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • Chapter 9: Rethinking states' rights to promote extra-territorial environmental values.
  • 1. Extra-territorial environmental policies
  • 2. Empirical background of claims and counterclaims
  • 2.1 The protection of tropical forests
  • 2.2 The EC eco-labelling scheme
  • 2.3 Protection of animal welfare
  • 2.4 Protection of endangered species
  • 3. Compatibility of extra-environmental policies with general international law
  • 3.1 The law of extra-territorial jurisdiction
  • 3.2 The shield of sovereignty in WTO-law
  • 4. Beyond sovereignty-based barriers to extra-territorial environmental policies: in search of legitimacy
  • 4.1 A new effects-doctrine?
  • 4.2 The effect of treaties on extra-territorial environmental policies
  • 4.3 Extra-territorial environmental policies and affirmative duties
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Chapter 10: WTO rules supporting environmental protection
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The development of environmental-related activities before the Uruguay Round
  • 3. Sustainable development in the WTO
  • 3.1 The preamble of the Agreement establishing the WTO
  • 3.2 Co-operation with environmental interest groups
  • 3.2.1 GATT 1994 - principles and concepts
  • 3.2.2 'Like Products' and environmental protection
  • 3.3 Environmental exceptions
  • 3.3.1 General conditions of Article XX
  • 3.3.2 The specifities of Article XX (b): 'The Necessity Test' and domestic accompanying measures
  • 3.4 Specific aspects under supplementary agreements
  • 3.4.1 Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
  • 3.4.2 The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  • 3.4.3 The Agreement on Susidies and Countervailing Duties
  • 3.4.4 The Agreement on Agriculture
  • 3.4.5 The General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • 3.4.6 The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  • 4. Overall perspective.
  • Chapter 11: Sustainable development and the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty: between pseudo-action and the management of environmental investment risk
  • 1. The call for global regulation
  • 2. The 1994 Energy Charter Treaty: a summary
  • 3. Article 19 of the Treaty: overall role and structure
  • 3.1 Article 19 of the Treaty: Environmental Aspects
  • 3.2 Empty declarations, sound policy advice and/or some legal effect?
  • 4. Defence against environmental risk of foreign investment
  • 4.1 Opposition of non-governmental groups
  • 4.2 Association with intellectual and moral themes
  • 4.3 Specific types of environmental investment risk
  • 5. Managing environment-political risk with the Energy Charter Treaty
  • 5.1 Environmentally motivated private actions
  • 5.2 Contractual commitments
  • 5.3 Non-discrimination and national treatment
  • 6. Prudent approach towards environmental regulation
  • 6.1 Considerable element of make-believe
  • 6.2 Important arsenal of defensive measures
  • 6.3 'Treaty with teeth'
  • 6.4 Mobilization of the market place
  • Chapter 12: Evolution and impact of sustainable development in the European Union
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Environmental policy statements
  • 3. The EC Treaty after Maastricht
  • 4. Public Participation without legal standing?
  • 4.1 Public participation according to the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21
  • 4.2 Public participation within the European Union
  • 4.2.1 Greenpeace v Commission (Case T-585/93)
  • 4.2.2 French nuclear tests (Case T-219/95 R)
  • 4.3 Suggestions for improvement
  • 5. Principles of EC Environmental Policy and Law
  • 6. Conclusions
  • Chapter 13: External Relations and the periphery of EU environmental law
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The external environmental competences of the European Union
  • 2.1 Autonomous actions
  • 2.1.1 Regulations and directives
  • 2.1.2 Trade-related environmental measures.
  • 2.1.3 Common positions and joint actions.

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