Just Trade

A New Covenant Linking Trade and Human Rights

Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, Stephen Joseph Powell (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

416 Seiten

2009
New York University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8147-3693-7 (ISBN)

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While modern trade law and human rights law constitute two of the most active spheres in international law, follow similar intellectual trajectories, and often feature the same key actors and arenas, neither field has actively engaged with the other. This book makes a case for reaching a middle-ground between these two fields.

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It is generally assumed that pro-trade laws are not good for human rights, and legislation that protects human rights hampers vibrant international trade. In a bold departure from this canon, Just Trade makes a case for reaching a middleground between these two fields, acknowledging their coexistence and the significant points at which they overlap. Using actual examples from many of the thirty-five nations of the Western Hemisphere, the authors—one a human rights scholar and the other a trade law expert—carefully combine their knowledge to examine human rights policies
throughout the world, never overlooking the very real human rights problems that arise from international trade. However, instead of viewing the two kinds of law as isolated, polar, and sometimes hostile opposites, Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol and Stephen J. Powell make powerful suggestions for how these intersections may be navigated to promote an international marketplace that embraces both liberal trade and
liberal protection of human rights.

Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol is Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law at Levin College of Law, University of Florida. She is editor of Moral Imperialism: A Critical Anthology (NYU Press). Stephen Joseph Powell is senior lecturer in law and director of the International Trade Law Program at Levin College of Law, University of Florida. Prior to his arrival at UF, he implemented U.S. trade laws as chief counsel for import administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Acknowledgments Acronyms Getting Started: A General Introduction 1 Global Concepts: International Law Primer 2 Pillars and Escape Hatches: Basic Concepts of International Trade Law in the Americas 3 Global Laws, Local Lives: Basic Concepts and Legal Regimes of Human Rights Law in the Americas 4 Splendid Isolation's Progeny: The Intersections of Trade and Human Rights 5 Who Belongs, Who Rules: Citizenship-Voice and Participation in the Global Marketplace 6 Ecosystem Degradation and Economic Growth: Trade's Unexploited Power to Improve Our Environment 7 Not Just a Question of Capital: Health and Human Well-Being 8 Exploitation or Progress? Terms and Conditions of Labor 9 Human Bondage: Trafficking 10 Bebel Redux: The Woman Question 11 First Peoples First: Indigenous Populations 12 From Excess to Despair: The Persistence of Poverty 13 Freedom from Famine and Fear: Democracy 14 Imperial Rules: Economic Sanctions 15 Recognizing Indivisibility, Bridging Divides: Visions and Solutions for the Future of the Trade and Human Rights Relationship Notes Index About the Authors

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2009
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	0-8147-3693-9 / 0814736939
ISBN-13	978-0-8147-3693-7 / 9780814736937
Zustand	Neuware