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Ecological sensitivity and global legal pluralism : rethinking the trade and environment conflict /
The tension between trade liberalisation and environmental protection has received remarkable attention since the establishment of the WTO. It has been the subject of a wide-ranging debate, and is one of the central themes of the anti-globalisation movement. This book explores that debate. It argues...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Portland, Or. ; Oxford :
Hart,
2004.
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| Colección: | International studies in the theory of private law.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Cases; 1. Deconstructing the Trade and Environment Conflict: A Pluralistic Perspective; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE TRADE-ENVIRONMENT NEXUS; 1.3 INTERIM CONCLUSIONS AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; 2. The Trade-Environment Problematic: Fantasy or Reality?; 2.1 THE TRADE-ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT IN THE EYES OF MODERN ECONOMICS: CRITIQUE AND REFLECTION; 2.2 THE ASYMMETRY BETWEEN THE TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DOMAINS; 3. The GATT/WTO Trade-Environment Jurisprudence.
- 3.1 THE MERCANTILIST ETHOS OF THE GATT AND THE ENVIRONMENT3.2 THE LEGAL REPERCUSSIONS OF THE MERCANTILIST ETHOS; 3.3 THE WTO ENVIRONMENTAL JURISPRUDENCE; 3.4 GOING FURTHER: GUIDELINES TO ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITISATION OF THE WTO AND REMAINING BARRIERS; 3.5 ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITISATION: INSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS; 3.6 EPILOGUE: AFTER CANCUN?; 4. Science, Standardisation and the SPS/TBT Agreements; 4.1 THE SOCIAL MILIEU OF THE SPS AND TBT AGREEMENTS: THE UNAVOIDABLE RISK OF BLAME; 4.2 THE DRIVE FOR HARMONISATION: A QUESTIONABLE PATH FOR LEGITIMACY; 4.3 DETERMINING THE LIMITS OF STATE REGULATORY POWER.
- 4.4 TOWARD AN ALTERNATIVE DISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK5. Environmental Conflicts in the Private Realm of International Construction Law; 5.1 THE POLITICS OF ECOLOGICAL CO-EXISTENCE; 5.2 THE FEATURES OF THE LEX CONSTRUCTIONIS AS AN AUTONOMOUS LEGAL SYSTEM; 5.3. ENVIRONMENTAL CLOSURE AND STANDARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS; 5.4 THE ENGINEERING ETHOS AND OTHER "CONTRIBUTING" FACTORS; 6. Transnational Environmental Litigation; 6.1 THE PHENOMENON OF TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION.
- 6.2 CONCEPTUAL ANACHRONISM IN THE LAW GOVERNING TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION: THE DOCTRINES OF LEGAL JURISDICTION AND CORPORATE ENTITY6.3 CRACKS IN THE TRADITIONAL DOCTRINES: THE CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE; 6.4 NEW PATHS? EMERGING INTERNATIONAL NORMS; 6.5 CONCLUSIONS; 7. International Financial Law as a New Locus for Environmental Action; 7.1 SUPPLY-SIDE REGULATION; 7.2 DEMAND-SIDE REGULATION; 7.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL REPORTING; 7.4 CONCLUSIONS; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.