International economic law and national autonomy / [edited by] Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Susy Frankel.
"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 pillar...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core |
| Summary: | "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 globalisation and whether international and national interests can in today's world be considered separate, while Ko-Yung Tung, 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511760477 9780511760471 0511856946 9780511856945 0511857810 9780511857812 051185868X 9780511858680 0511859554 9780511859557 0511860420 9780511860423 1282921673 9781282921672 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511760471 |