Shadow Courts (eBook)

The Tribunals that Rule Global Trade

Haley Sweetland Edwards (Autor)

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2016
142 Seiten
Columbia Global Reports (Verlag)
978-0-9971264-1-9 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;It's a short, vital introduction to ISDS history and use, the shocking ways in which corporations have used it to bend governments to their will, and the total lack of justification for using such mechanisms in developed, stable countries."e; -- The WeekInternational trade deals have swiftly emerged this year as politically controversial, attracting both condemnation and confusion from voters all over the world.In this book, investigative journalist Haley Sweetland Edwards focuses on one crucial aspect of these massive agreements: a powerful provision called Investor-State Dispute Settlement, which allows foreign corporations to sue sovereign nations before little-known supranational arbitration tribunals.Edwards makes the case that these tribunals (or "e;shadow courts"e;), which were designed 50 years ago to protect foreign investors' property rights abroad, are now being exploited by multinational corporations at the expense of sovereign nations and their citizens. From the 1960s to 2000, corporations brought fewer than 40 cases through these tribunals. In the last 15 years, they've brought nearly 650.In the course of her reporting, Edwards interviewed dozens of policymakers, activists, and government officials in Argentina, Canada, Bolivia, Ecuador, the European Union, and in the Obama administration. The result is a major story about a significant shift in global power.

Autor

Haley Sweetland Edwards is a correspondent at Time. Previously, she was an editor at the Washington Monthly, where she wrote about policy and regulation. From 2009 to 2012, she lived and worked in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, where she wrote for The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and The New Republic, among other publications. She studied philosophy at Yale and journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.9.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• Schlagworte: Activists • Argentina • Bolivia • Canada • Ecuador • European Union • foreign investors' property rights abroad • government officials • international trade deals • International Trade Law • Investor-State Dispute Settlement • ISDS litigationi • nternational trade deals • policymakers • supranational arbitration tribunals • Trade disputes • United States
• ISBN-10: 0-9971264-1-8 / 0997126418
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9971264-1-9 / 9780997126419