From Act Up To The Wto

Author : Benjamin Shepard,Ronald Hayduk
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789607734

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From ACT UP to the WTO by Benjamin Shepard,Ronald Hayduk Pdf

In March 1987 a radical coalition of queer activists converged on Wall Street ... their target, 'Business, Big Business, Business as Usual!!!' It was ACT UP's first demonstration. In November 1999 a radical coalition of environmental, labor, anarchist, queer, and human rights activists converged in Seattle-their target was similar, a system of global capitalism. Between 1987 and 1999 a new project in activism had emerged unshackled from past ghosts. Through innovative use of civil rights' era non-violent disobedience, guerrilla theatre, and sophisticated media work, ACT UP has helped transform the world of activism. This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students. It is divided into five sections which address the new social movements, the use of street theater to reclaim public space, queer and sexual politics, new media/electronic civil disobedience, and race and community building. Contributions range across a diverse spectrum: The Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Jubilee 2000, Students for an Undemocratic Society, Fed Up Queers, Gender Identity Center of Colorado, Triangle Foundation, Jacks of Color, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Lower East Side Collective, Community Labor Coalition, Church of Stop-Shopping, Indy Media Collective, Black Radical Congress, The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, Adelante Street Theater; HealthGAP, Housing Works, SexPanic! and, of course, ACT UP itself.

Author : Mitsuo Matsushita,Thomas J. Schoenbaum,Petros C. Mavroidis,Michael Hahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199571857

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The World Trade Organization by Mitsuo Matsushita,Thomas J. Schoenbaum,Petros C. Mavroidis,Michael Hahn Pdf

This is a comprehensive overview of the law and practice of the World Trade Organization. It begins with the institutional law of the WTO, moving eventually to the consequences of globalization. New chapters on Trade in Agriculture and on Government Procurement and Trade.

Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCBK:C107411463

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Most-favoured-nation Treatment by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Pdf

The publication contains an explanation of Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment and some of the key issues that arise in its negotiation, particularly the scope and application of MFN treatment to the liberalization and protection of foreign investors in recent treaty practice. The paper provides policy options as regards the traditional application of MFN treatment and identifies reactions by States to the unexpected broad use of MFN treatment, and provides several drafting options, such as specifying or narrowing down the scope of application of MFN treatment to certain types of activities, clarifying the nature of "treatment" under the IIA, clarifying the comparison that an arbitral tribunal needs to undertake as well as a qualification of the comparison "in like circumstances" or excluding its use in investor-State cases.

Author : Debra P. Steger
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554581745

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Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the Twenty-first Century by Debra P. Steger Pdf

Two high-level commissions—the Sutherland report in 2004, and the Warwick Commission report in 2007—addressed the future of the World Trade Organization and made proposals for incremental reform. This book goes further; it explains why institutional reform of the WTO is needed at this critical juncture in world history and provides innovative, practical proposals for modernizing the WTO to enable it to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century. Contributors focus on five critical areas: transparency, decision- and rule-making procedures, internal management structures, participation by non-governmental organizations and civil society, and relationships with regional trade agreements. Co-published with the International Development Research Centre and the Centre for International Governance Innovation

Author : Gregory Shaffer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108495196

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Emerging Powers and the World Trading System by Gregory Shaffer Pdf

This book explains the rise of China, India, and Brazil in the international trading system, and the implications for trade law.

Author : Leon Trakman,Nicola Ranieri
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199874859

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Regionalism in International Investment Law by Leon Trakman,Nicola Ranieri Pdf

Regionalism in International Investment Law provides a multinational perspective on international investment law. In it, distinguished academics and practitioners provide a critical and comprehensive understanding of issues in a field which has grown exponentially in its importance particularly over the last decade, focusing on the European Union, Australia, North America, Asia, and China. The book approaches the field of foreign direct investment from both academic and practical viewpoints and analyzes different bilateral, regional, and multinational agreements, often yielding competing perspectives. The academic perspective yields a strong conceptual foundation to often misunderstood elements of international investment law, while the practical perspective aids those actively pursuing foreign direct investment in better understanding the landscape, identifying potential conflicts which may arise, in more accurately assessing the risk underlying the issues in conflict and in resolving those issues. Thorny issues relating to global commerce, sovereignty, regulation, expropriation, dispute resolution, and investor protections are covered, depicting how they have developed and are applied in different regions of the world. These different treatments ensure that readers are able grasp the subject matter at multiple levels and provide a comprehensive overview of developments in the field of foreign direct investment.

Author : Amber Day
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780253005144

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Satire and Dissent by Amber Day Pdf

In an age when Jon Stewart frequently tops lists of most-trusted newscasters, the films of Michael Moore become a dominant topic of political campaign analysis, and activists adopt ironic, fake personas to attract attention—the satiric register has attained renewed and urgent prominence in political discourse. Amber Day focuses on the parodist news show, the satiric documentary, and ironic activism to examine the techniques of performance across media, highlighting their shared objective of bypassing standard media outlets and the highly choreographed nature of current political debate.

Author : Edison J. Trickett,Willo Pequegnat
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195160239

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Community Interventions and AIDS by Edison J. Trickett,Willo Pequegnat Pdf

"This book provides a new, interdisciplinary guide to effective behavioral and social science interventions to prevent HIV/AIDS. It aims to strengthen the fight against HIV/AIDS by improving community resources to respond to the disease and its effects. The book both builds on and goes beyond the individually oriented interventions that have provided the first generation of AIDS prevention programs. It brings together both theoretical and practical contributions written by the most active, influential, and respected scholars in the field of HIV/AIDS behavioral prevention."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Chad P. Bown,Joost Pauwelyn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521119979

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The Law, Economics and Politics of Retaliation in WTO Dispute Settlement by Chad P. Bown,Joost Pauwelyn Pdf

A critical assessment of trade retaliation in the WTO by academics, diplomats and practitioners involved in such actions.

Author : Petros C. Mavroidis,Mark Wu
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Foreign trade regulation
ISBN : 0314287213

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The Law of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by Petros C. Mavroidis,Mark Wu Pdf

This volume discusses the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the global forum for trade liberalization. It discusses in exhaustive manner the legal framework governing international trade that evolves out of the treaty regime and elaborates upon the major case law issued by the WTO. It further includes references to academic scholarship critiquing the caselaw, as well as discussions of the economic and political science theories of how WTO law is shaped.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : PSU:000047032644

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Outcome of the World Trade Organization Ministerial in Seattle by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade Pdf

Author : Thomas Cottier
Publisher : Cameron May
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Dispute resolution (International law)
ISBN : 9781905017362

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The Challenge of WTO Law by Thomas Cottier Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000023348486

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The World Trade Organization by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means Pdf

Author : Eibe Riedel,Gilles Giacca,Christophe Golay
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191509575

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Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law by Eibe Riedel,Gilles Giacca,Christophe Golay Pdf

Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion in the scale and importance of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESC rights), culminating in the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in December 2008. The Protocol gives individuals and groups the ability to bring complaints about rights violations before the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Against this background, this book focuses on the question of how fundamental socio-economic human rights enshrined in international law are defined, interpreted, understood, and implemented. It assesses how effective efforts to realize ESC rights have been and investigates the contemporary challenges obstructing their protection. It sets out the impact of the global financial crisis and austerity measures, the human rights responsibilities of corporations, and trends in the justiciability of those rights at the national and international level. The interrelationship between ESC rights and other legal regimes such as trade and investment law, environmental law, international criminal law, and international humanitarian law is also thoroughly examined. After an introduction by the editors the book contains seventeen chapters looking at the main questions which shape the progressive realization of ESC rights and their monitoring mechanisms. The authors of the chapters, both scholars and practitioners, adopt interdisciplinary approaches that move beyond traditional analyses of ESC rights. In doing so, they clarify and illuminate multiple aspects of the law by bringing together the different aspects of ESC rights, restating the challenges they face, and assessing the progress that has been made in expanding their adoption.

Author : David Palmeter,Petros C. Mavroidis,Niall Meagher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108830522

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Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization by David Palmeter,Petros C. Mavroidis,Niall Meagher Pdf

Provides a comprehensive, step-by-step explanation of the rules and procedures of the WTO dispute settlement process.