International economic law and national autonomy /

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Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Foreign trade regulation.
Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation.
International commercial arbitration.
Commercial treaties.
International and municipal law.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
Commercial treaties.
Foreign trade regulation.
International and municipal law.
International commercial arbitration.
Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation.
commerce international -- droit international -- investissement étranger -- protection -- relations économiques internationales -- traité international -- application -- Organisation mondiale du commerce.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830652
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Other authors / contributors:Lewis, Meredith Kolsky.
Frankel, Susy.
ISBN:9780511860423
0511860420
9780521114608
0521114608
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:"International commitments may sit uneasily with national pressures in the best of times. This age of economic uncertainty brings these tensions into sharper relief. This volume draws together thirteen analyses of this tension in a wide array of contexts, including each of the three main pillars of the World Trade Organization, international investment law and arbitration, and the international financial institutions. The essays feature internationally recognised experts addressing topical examples of international economic law obligations clashing with domestic political interests. For example, Professor Robert Howse, of New York University Law School, addresses issues of globalisation and whether international and national interests can in today's world be considered separate, while Ko-Yung Tung, former Director-General of the World Bank, looks at trends in investment treaty arbitration and considers what the future may hold in light of the recent financial crisis, the rise of China as an economic powerhouse, and other factors"--
Other form:Print version: International economic law and national autonomy. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521114608