Full Description
This volume scrutinises the main challenges faced by States in their current international economic relations from an interdisciplinary perspective. It combines legal research with political and economic analysis and favours dialogue among scientific disciplines. Readers are offered a series of in-depth studies on a rich variety of topics: how to reconcile States' interest to benefit from economic liberalization with their need to pursue social goals (such as the protection of human rights or of the environment); recent developments under WTO law and regional integration processes; international cooperation in the energy sector; national regulatory developments in the banking sector, sovereign wealth funds and investor-State arbitration.
Contents
Part I: International Economic Law and Other Concerns: Niall Moran, The First Twenty Cases under GATT Article XX: Tuna or Shrimp Dear?.- Domenico Pauciulo, The Activity and Practice of Regional Development Banks' (RDBs) Accountability Mechanisms and the Safeguard of Human Rights.- Amalie Giødesen Thystrup and Güneş Ünüvar, A Waiver for Europe? The CETA's Trade in Services, and Investment Protection Provisions and their Legal-Political Implications on Regulatory Competence.- Sunita Tripathy, The Human Right to Health: Reflecting on the Implications of IPRs as endorsed by the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.- Part II: International Trade Law: Tilahun E. Kassahun, Can (and) Should the WTO Tame Private Standards? Antitrust Mechanism as an Alternative Roadmap: Lessons from the WTO Telecommunications Reference Paper.- Belisa Eleoterio and Alebe Linhares Mesquita, The 21st Century Regionalism: Brazil and Mercosur in the New International Scenario.- Anna G. Micara, Regionalization within the SPS Agreement: Recent Developments.- Johannes Norpoth, The Mutually Agreed Solution between Indonesia and the United States in US - Clove Cigarettes: A Case of Efficient Breach (or Power Politics)?.- Part III: Energy Issues in International Trade and Investment Law: Natasha A. Georgiou, Energy Regulation in International Trade: Legal Challenges in EU-Russia Energy Relations from an Investment Protection Perspective.- Jean-François Mayoraz, Renewable Energy and WTO Subsidy Rules: the Feed-In Tariff Scheme of Switzerland.- Anna Marhold, The Nexus between the WTO and the ECT in Global Energy Governance.- Francesco Montanaro, "Ain't no Sunshine": Photovoltaic Energy Policy in Europe at the Crossroads between EU Law and Energy Charter Treaty Obligations.- Part IV: Investment and Finance: Elisabetta Cervone, The Final Volcker Rule and its Impact across the Atlantic. The Shaping of Extraterritoriality in a World of Dynamic Structural Banking Reforms.- Olga Gerlich, More than a Friend? - The European Commission's Amicus Curiae Participation in Investor-State Arbitration.- Xenia Karametaxas, Sovereign Wealth Funds as Socially Responsible Investors.
