Rethinking Free Trade Economic Integration And Human Rights In The Americas

Author : María Belén Olmos Giupponi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509904518

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Rethinking Free Trade, Economic Integration and Human Rights in the Americas by María Belén Olmos Giupponi Pdf

This monograph offers the first systematic overview of the protection of human rights in trade agreements in the Americas. Traditionally, trade agreements in the Americas were concerned with economic questions and paid little attention to human rights. However, in the wake of the 'new regionalism', which emerged at the end of the last century, more clauses addressing social issues such as labour rights and environmental standards were inserted in trade agreements. As economic integration increased, a framework for the protection of human rights evolved. This book argues that this framework allows for human rights protection on a transnational level, while constructing regional identities. Looking at the four key regional integration processes, namely the Caribbean Community, the Central American Integration System, the Andean Community of Nations and the Southern Common Market, and also at the North American Free Trade Agreement, it shows how the integration process has reached a considerable degree of consolidation. Writing on key sources in English for the first time, this book will be essential reading for all free trade and human rights scholars.

Author : Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Free trade
ISBN : UCSD:31822021359864

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Continental Accord by Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.) Pdf

Author : OECD,International Labour Organization
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264288737

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How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies by OECD,International Labour Organization Pdf

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union. The report covers the ten project partner countries.

Author : Martin Scheinin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108499736

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Human Rights Norms in ‘Other' International Courts by Martin Scheinin Pdf

Examines the role and impact of human rights norms in international courts other than human rights courts

Author : Olaf Kaltmeier,Anne Tittor,Daniel Hawkins,Eleonora Rohland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351138420

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The Routledge Handbook to the Political Economy and Governance of the Americas by Olaf Kaltmeier,Anne Tittor,Daniel Hawkins,Eleonora Rohland Pdf

This handbook explores the political economy and governance of the Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined experiences. Forty-six chapters cover a range of Inter-American key concepts and dynamics. The flow of peoples, goods, resources, knowledge and finances have on the one hand promoted interdependence and integration that cut across borders and link the countries of North and South America (including the Caribbean) together. On the other hand, they have contributed to profound asymmetries between different places. The nature of this transversally related and multiply interconnected hemispheric region can only be captured through a transnational, multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach. This handbook examines the direct and indirect political interventions, geopolitical imaginaries, inequalities, interlinked economic developments and the forms of appropriation of the vast natural resources in the Americas. Expert contributors give a comprehensive overview of the theories, practices and geographies that have shaped the economic dynamics of the region and their impact on both the political and natural landscape. This multidisciplinary approach will be of interest to a broad array of academic scholars and students in history, sociology, geography, economics and political science, as well as cultural, postcolonial, environmental and globalization studies.

Author : Chia-Jui Cheng
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004355309

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Collected Courses of the Xiamen Academy of International Law, Volume 11 (2017) by Chia-Jui Cheng Pdf

In the Collected Courses of the Xiamen Academy of International Law Hans van Loon, Former Secretary-General of The Hague Conference of Private International Law, Prof. Bimal N. Patel, Director of Gujarat National Law University, India, and Prof. Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann of the European University Institute in Florence, provide insightful, perspicacious and concise analysis of recent developments in international law .

Author : Belen Olmos Giupponi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351031929

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International Environmental Law Compliance in Context by Belen Olmos Giupponi Pdf

This book explores how compliance with international environmental law has changed over time, offering a critical analysis of its current shifting patterns. Beginning with an overview of compliance with international environmental law, the book goes on to explore in detail: compliance in the different legal regimes instituted by Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), the addition of new subjects of international law, the legal relations between developed and developing countries, and the emergence of new compliance mechanisms in global environmental law. The analysis takes two key developments into consideration: the evolution in forms of compliance and non-state involvement in compliance with international environmental law. In the final section, three case studies are provided to demonstrate how these changes have occurred in selected areas: climate change, biodiversity and water resources. Throughout the book, topics are illustrated with extracts from specific international environmental law jurisprudence and relevant international environmental law instruments. In doing so, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of compliance with international environmental law, providing original insights and following a clear and systematic structure supported by reference to the sources. This book will be of interest to professionals, academics and students working in the field of compliance with international environmental law.

Author : Kolja Raube,Meltem Müftüler-Baç,Jan Wouters
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786438850

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Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations by Kolja Raube,Meltem Müftüler-Baç,Jan Wouters Pdf

In today’s increasingly complex and interdependent world, the role of parliaments in external affairs remains a relatively under explored topic of research. The multiple patterns of global governance are mostly dominated by the executive branches of government, with parliaments relegated to the sidelines. This insightful book aims to challenge this dominant perspective and demonstrate the increased networking of parliaments both within the EU and with external actors outside the EU. It not only sheds light on EU parliamentary cooperation and networking, but also reveals the growing scope and role of parliamentary scrutiny, control and conflict mediation.

Author : Yasmeen Abu-Laban,Radha Jhappan,Francois Rocher
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442604384

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Politics in North America by Yasmeen Abu-Laban,Radha Jhappan,Francois Rocher Pdf

It is no longer sufficient to examine discrete nation-states in isolation from each other. In Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations, prominent authors from Canada, the United States, and Mexico explore the politics of redefining the institutional, economic, geographic, and cultural boundaries of North America. The contributors argue that the study of politics in the twenty-first century requires simultaneous attention to all levels (local, national, and international) as well as, increasingly, to continents. This argument is explored through the historical and contemporary social and political forces that have created competing visions of what it means to belong to a North American political community. In this process, new debates emerge in the book concerning the appropriate role for the state, as well as the meaning of sovereignty, democracy, and rights.

Author : Ilias Bantekas,Cephas Lumina
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198810445

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Sovereign Debt and Human Rights by Ilias Bantekas,Cephas Lumina Pdf

Sovereign debt is necessary for the functioning of many modern states, yet its impact on human rights is underexplored in academic literature. This volume provides the reader with a step-by-step analysis of the debt phenomenon and how it affects human rights. Beginning by setting out thehistorical, political and economic context of sovereign debt, the book goes on to address the human rights dimension of the policies and activities of the three types of sovereign lenders: international financial institutions (IFIs), sovereigns and private lenders.Bantekas and Lumina, along with a team of global experts, establish the link between debt and the manner in which the accumulation of sovereign debt violates human rights, examining some of the conditions imposed by structural adjustment programs on debtor states with a view to servicing their debt.They outline how such conditions have been shown to exacerbate the debt itself at the expense of economic sovereignty, concluding that such measures worsen the borrower's economic situation, and are injurious to the entrenched rights of peoples.

Author : Wenhua Shan,Penelope Simons,Dalvinder Singh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847314215

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Redefining Sovereignty in International Economic Law by Wenhua Shan,Penelope Simons,Dalvinder Singh Pdf

The concept of state sovereignty is increasingly challenged by a proliferation of international economic instruments and major international economic institutions. States from both the south and north are re-examining and debating the extent to which they should cede control over their economic and social policies to achieve global economic efficiency in an interdependent world. International lawyers are seriously rethinking the subject of state sovereignty, in relation to the operation of the main international economic institutions, namely the WTO, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The contributions in this volume, bringing together leading scholars from the developed and developing worlds, take up the challenge of debating the meaning of sovereignty and the impact of international economic law on state sovereignty. The first part looks at the issues from the perspectives of general international law, international economic law and legal theory. Part two discusses the impact of trade liberalisation on the sovereignty of both industrialised and developing states and Part three concentrates on the challenge to state sovereignty created by the proliferation of investment treaties and the significant recent growth of investment treaty based arbitration cases. Part four focuses on the domestic and international effects of international financial intermediaries and markets. Part five explores the tensions and intersections between the international regulation of trade and investment, international human rights and state sovereignty

Author : D. Sánchez-Ancochea,K. Shadlen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230612945

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The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration by D. Sánchez-Ancochea,K. Shadlen Pdf

Benefiting from a truly Pan-American perspective, these essays evaluate the economics and politics of the new patterns of North-South integration in the particular context of the Americas, questioning if regional and bilateral trade agreements like NAFTA, CAFTA or the FTAA are appropriate mechanisms to promote economic development.

Author : UNCTAD
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210473224

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Trade and Development Report 2018 by UNCTAD Pdf

This flagship publication examines different aspects of the nature and role of international trade in the era of hyperglobalization and considers related policy challenges that will need to be addressed if trade is to contribute to a more stable and inclusive global economic order. Research provides authoritative data and analysis on trade, investment, finance and technology. UNCTAD offers solutions to the major challenges facing developing countries, particularly the poorest and most vulnerable nations. Beyond tailored analysis and policy recommendations, UNCTAD research also generates global standards that govern responsible sovereign lending and borrowing, investment, entrepreneurship, competition and consumer protection and trade rules.

Author : Joseph A. McKinney,H. Stephen Gardner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135977153

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Economic Integration in the Americas by Joseph A. McKinney,H. Stephen Gardner Pdf

This new book brings together contributions from recognized experts in trade policy, discussing and evaluating economic integration in the Western Hemisphere, the alternative trade strategies being pursued in this area and Latin American relationships with United States and Canada. These essays provide progress reports concerning the different regional and sub-regional groupings that have developed within the hemisphere and discuss the inter-relationships of Western Hemispheric trading arrangement with the multilateral trading systems. The difficulties encountered in hemispheric trade negotiations and the implications for the countries involved are also considered. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers engaged with international trade and economic policy, as well as policy specialists in business organizations and government.

Author : Elena Cima
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004467569

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From Exception to Promotion by Elena Cima Pdf

From Exception to Promotion: Re-Thinking the Relationship between International Trade and Environmental Law tells a new, unconventional story of the nexus between international trade and environmental law - a story in which the keyword is synergy rather than conflict, and where the trade regime was always meant for something greater than simply trade liberalization. This ‘something greater’ was peace in the first half of the 20th century. Today, it is sustainable development, environmental protection, and social inclusion. Environmental protection is therefore neither antithetical to the overarching purpose of the trading system nor simply a ‘non-trade’ issue to be incorporated within the trade regime, but rather part of its very nature and purpose. By telling this ‘untold’ story of the nexus, this book intends to raise historical awareness and open a constructive discussion on the future of the trade regime and of international economic law governance at large.