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Sovereignty, the WTO and Changing Fundamentals of International Law

Sovereignty, the WTO and Changing Fundamentals of International Law

Name: Sovereignty, the WTO and Changing Fundamentals of International Law
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521748414
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Author: John H. Jackson
ISBN: 9780521748414

By John H. Jackson

Cambridge University Press March 2009

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ISBN-13: 9780521748414
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: March 2009
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century has been one of the most challenging periods for the generally accepted assumptions of international law. This book grapples with these long-held assumptions (such as the consent basis of international law norms, equality of nations, restrictive or text-based treaty interpretations and applications, the monopoly of internal national power, and non-interference), and how they are being fundamentally altered by the forces of globalization. It also examines the challenges facing the WTO as a component of international economic law, and how that field is inextricably linked to general international law.

• Examines the essential constitutional and jurisprudential contours of the WTO • Explores the impact of globalization on international law and international economic law • Explores particular difficulties with traditional, fundamental assumptions in international law

Contents:: Part I. Challenges to International Law Fundamental Assumptions:
1. Introduction: International law and international economic law in the interdependent world of the twenty-first century;
2. The real world impinges on international law: exploring the challenges to the fundamental assumptions of international law and institutions;
3. Sovereignty modern: a new approach to an outdated concept; Part II. The WTO:
4. The WTO as international organization: institutional evolution, structure and key problems;
5. The WTO dispute settlement system; Part III. The Search for Solutions:
6. Policy, analytical approaches and thought experiments;
7. Illustrative applications;
8. Perspectives, implications, and some conclusions.