Public procurement and labour rights

towards coherence in international instruments of procurement regulation

This book investigates patterns of fragmentation and coherence in the international regulatory architecture of public procurement. In the context of the major international instruments of procurement regulation, the book studies the achievement of social and labour policies, the most controversial and problematic instrumental uses of ...

Developing countries and the multilateral trade regime

the failure and promise of the WTO's development mission

This book explores the way in which 'development' has functioned within the multilateral trade regime since de-colonisation. In particular, it investigates the shift from early approaches to development under the GATT to current approaches to development under the WTO. It argues that a focus on ...

Redefining sovereignity in international economic Law

This volume important new essays on the key topics in economic law. It will be of interest to all international trade lawyers.The concept of state sovereignty is increasingly challenged by a proliferation of international economic instruments and major international economic institutions. States from both ...

Globalization and labour rights

the conflict between core labour rights and international economic Law

In a world of work that has changed dramatically over the last few years, states see themselves confronted with new actors and conflicting international legal obligations. This book examines the tensions between core labour rights as defined by the International Labour Organisation, and the interests ...

The Human Rights impact of the world trade organisation

This book examines the impact of international trade rules on the promotion and protection of human rights, and explains why human rights are an important mechanism for assessing the social justice impact of the international trading system. The core of the book is an in ...

Good faith in the jurisprudence of the WTO

the protection of legitimate expectations, good faith interpretation and fair dispu ute settlement

What does the concept of good faith express? This book is the first to account for what good faith stands for in international trade law. It describes how, why and when the concept of good faith links WTO Agreements with public international law. It serves ...

The power to protect

trade, health and uncertainty in the WTO

This book examines the intersection of WTO trade liberalisation rules and domestic health protection, a subject that is of considerable interest to those concerned that the WTO impinges on national regulatory autonomy. In analysing the tension between health protection and trade liberalisation, the book focuses ...

Basic legal instruments for the liberalisation of trade

A comparative analysis of EC and WTO Law

The interpretation and application of the rules of international and regional trade is becoming an increasingly specialised field. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the core legal concepts characterising the two most prominent and successful efforts in the regulation of international trade to date ...