Full Description
International economic law and human rights have been rapidly evolving and expanding in recent decades. This collection grew out of a central objective to explore methods of domestic engagement with international trade and human rights norms, and the inherent difficulties in establishing balanced links between these two international law regimes. It does so by providing an analysis of global regulation and the impact of international organizations on domestic laws.Through conceptual and structural analysis coupled with local analysis and a China-focused case study, this book investigates the socio-legal dimension of the interaction between international economic law and human rights, and particularly the relationships between local arrangements and international legal regulations and rules. The common thread of the chapters in this collection is a focus on the application of socio-legal normative paradigms in building knowledge and policy support for coordinating local performance with international trade and human rights standards in ways that are mutually sustaining. The authors also suggest new approaches to government policies on trade development and human rights protection.
The substantive excellence and complexity of the research presented make it an excellent resource for students and scholars of International Law.
Contributors include: S. Biddulph, L. Biukovic, E. Cedillo, T. Cottier, D. Drache, M. Hirsch, M. Mitrani, E.-U. Petersmann, P. Potter, N. Ramirez-Espinosa, L. Toohey, V. Vadi
Contents
Contents:
Introduction
Ljiljana Biukovic and Pitman Potter
Part I: Re-imagining local engagement with international law
1. International Trade, Human Rights and Policy Space
Thomas Cottier
2. Cosmopolitan Constitutionalism: Linking Local Engagement with International Economic Law and Human Rights
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
Part II: Structural Aspects of Trade and Investment
3. Transparency Evolution: More than the Right to Know
Ljiljana Biukovic
4. Challenging an Investment Agreement in Canada: Hupacasath First Nation's Application for Judicial Review against the CCFIPPA
Naayeli E. Ramirez-Espinosa
5. The Impact of Mexico's 2011 Human Rights Constitutional Amendment on Arbitral Practice: A View from Local Actors
Erika Cedillo
Part III: The Impact of Communities and Local Culture
6. Demarcating the International Community: Where do International Practices Come from?
Mor Mitrani
7. Local Communities, Cultural Heritage and International Economic Law
Valentina Vadi
8. Identity Matters: The Enforcement of Global Human Rights Treaties by European Union's Trade Instruments
Moshe Hirsch
9. Observing the Small Gestures: Human Rights Vectors in the Vietnamese Trade Law Environment
Lisa Toohey
Part IV: Dilemmas of Local Performance: The Case of China
10. Coordinating Human Rights and Trade Policy in China: The Case of Environmental Protection
Pitman B. Potter
11. Structuring China's Engagement with International Human Rights: The Case of Wage Protection Law and Practice
Sarah Biddulph
Index
S. Biddulph
