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Just Trade : a New Covenant Linking Trade and Human Rights.

Documents Annex: http://www.nyupress.org/justtradeannex/index.html. While modern trade law and human rights law constitute two of the most active spheres in international law, follow similar intellectual trajectories, and often feature the same key actors and arenas, neither field has actively engag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hernández-Truyol, Berta Esperanza (Autor), Powell, Stephen J., 1942- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Getting Started: A General Introduction; Nature of the Intersections; Human Rights Criticism of Trade Rules; Origin of This Volume; 1 Global Concepts: International Law Primer; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 International Law and International Law-Making: General Concepts; 1.3 International Law-Making: Specific Provisions; 1.4 International Law as U.S. Law; 2 Pillars and Escape Hatches: Basic Concepts of International Trade Law in the Americas; 2.1 Overview of the GATT and WTO; 2.2 Economic Underpinnings: Comparative Advantage; 2.3 Four Pillars of GATT.
  • 2.4 Exceptions to the Pillars2.5 WTO Dispute Settlement; 2.6 Trade in the Americas; 3 Global Laws, Local Lives: Basic Concepts and Legal Regimes of Human Rights Law in the Americas; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Underpinnings of Human Rights Law; 3.3 Origins of International Human Rights Law: General Concepts; 3.4 Modern Human Rights Developments; 3.5 Classification of Specific Human Rights; 3.6 Human Rights and Trade; 4 Splendid Isolation's Progeny: The Intersections of Trade and Human Rights; 4.1 Central Dilemma: Lack of Purposeful Correlation; 4.2 Philosophical and Structural Divides.
  • 4.3 Legal Hierarchy of Trade and Human Rights Norms4.4 Indispensable Role of Government; 5 Who Belongs, Who Rules: Citizenship--Voice and Participation in the Global Marketplace; 5.1 Overview; 5.2 Human Rights Framework; 5.3 Citizenship in a Globalized World; 5.4 Transnationalization of the Individual; 5.5 The Transnational Corporation and the Rise of Economic Citizenship; 5.6 Final Thoughts; 6 Ecosystem Degradation and Economic Growth: Trade's Unexploited Power to Improve Our Environment; 6.1 Overview; 6.2 Human Rights Framework; 6.3 International Trade Framework.
  • 6.4 Processes or Production Methods (PPMs)6.5 GATT's Public Health and Welfare Clause; 6.6 Harmonization of Product Standards: TBT Agreement; 6.7 From Rio to Johannesburg: Sustainable Development Sues for Peace with Trade Rules; 6.8 Natural Capitalism and the Equator Principles; 6.9 Final Thoughts; 7 Not Just a Question of Capital: Health and Human Well-Being; 7.1 Overview; 7.2 Human Rights Framework; 7.3 International Trade Framework; 7.4 SPS Agreement; 7.5 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; 7.6 Using the WTO and Biosafety Protocol's Health Provisions for Human Rights Ends.
  • 7.7 Health in the Americas and WTO's TRIPS Agreement7.8 Colorism and Health in the Americas; 7.9 GATT's General Exceptions and the Right to Health; 7.10 Final Thoughts; 8 Exploitation or Progress? Terms and Conditions of Labor; 8.1 Overview; 8.2 Human Rights Framework; 8.3 International Trade Framework; 8.4 How May GATT's General Exceptions Heighten Labor Rights Compliance?; 8.5 Relevance of the TBT Agreement; 8.6 Trade and Labor in the Americas; 8.7 Trade and Immigration; 8.8 Colorism and Labor Rights; 8.9 Role of Corporate Governance; 8.10 Soft Landings: Retraining Assistance.