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The Law, Economics and Politics of International Standardisation

The Law, Economics and Politics of International Standardisation

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  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107571945
  • Published In: November 2020
  • Format: Paperback
  • Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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  • Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781107128330

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In an era of increased reliance on private regulatory bodies and globalised economic activity, standardisation is the field where politics, technical expertise and strategic behaviour meet and interact. International standard-setting bodies exemplify the rise of transnational governance and the challenges that it brings about relating to institutional choice, legitimacy, procedural and substantive fairness or transparency.

This book takes a more empirical-based approach focusing on the mechanics of international standard-setting. It constitutes a multidisciplinary inquiry into the foundations of international standard-setting, an empirically under-researched yet important area of international informal lawmaking. Contributors expertly examine the peculiarities of international standardisation in selected issue-areas and legal orders and shed light on the attributes of international standard-setters, allowing comparisons among standard-setting bodies with a view to identifying best practices and improve our understanding about standardisation processes.

Continuity and change in international standardisation - Panagiotis Delimatsis
Part I. International Standard-Setting: A Multifaceted and Evolving Area of Research:
1. Standardisation: a developing field of research
Henk de Vries
2. ISO standards and authoritative collective action: conceptual and normative issues
Hans Lindahl
3. From standards to quality infrastructure: a review of impact studies and an outlook
Knut Blind
Part II. International Standardisation and the World Trade Organization (WTO):
4. Global food safety standards: the evolving regulatory epistemology at the intersection of the SPS Agreement and the Codex Alimentarius Commission
Alessandra Arcuri
5. 'Relevant international standards' and 'recognised standardisation bodies' under the TBT Agreement
Panagiotis Delimatsis
6. Technical standard-setting in the financial sector
Juan Marchetti
7. Standardizing trade in services?
Petros C. Mavroidis
Part III. The Politics and Dynamics of International and Regional Standardisation:
8. The power of the penholder: the missing politics in global regulatory governance analysis
Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon
9. Between standards and regulation: on the concept of 'de facto mandatory standards' after Tuna II and Fra.bo
Harm Schepel
10. Competition and cooperation in the market of voluntary sustainability standards
Axel Marx and Jan Wouters
11. Harmonizing non-tariff measures: always a blessing?
Olivier Cadot, Anne-Celia Disdier and Lionel Fontagne
Part IV. International Standardisation and Development:
12. You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! A case-study of ISO 26000 on social responsibility
Stephanie Bijlmakers and Geert Van Calster
13. The development dimension of the Codex Alimentarius standard-setting process
Awilo Ochieng Pernet
14. Standards of responsible investment and international investment law
Angelos Dimopoulos
Part V. International Standardisation and Innovation:
15. Interoperability standards, patents and competition policy
Pierre Larouche and Geertrui Van Overwalle
16. Standard-setting organisations (SSOs): current policy issues and empirical evidence
Neil Gandal and Pierre Regibeau
17. Technical standards and the draft General Data Protection Regulation
Eleni Kosta and Kees Stuurman
18. The law, economics and politics of international standardisation: a future research agenda
Panagiotis Delimatsis

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