This book shows how the current reform in investment regulation is part of a broader attempt to transform the international economic order. Countries in the North and South are currently rethinking how economic order should be constituted in order to advance their national interests and...

This book argues that the current reform in investment regulation is part of a broader attempt to transform the international economic order. Countries in the North and South are currently rethinking how economic order ought to be constituted in order to advance their national interests and...

Brazil is currently immersed in the project of building a new common market, known as MERCOSUR, with its neighbors Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. It has largely been assumed that this project will produce economic growth and therefore be beneficial for the environment. However, this assumption...

Climate change is reshaping international law as we speak. In the past, it might have been possible to separate aspects of international law into different "boxes." In the current state of affairs, however, one can observe environment and health policies impacting directly on the trade agenda...

Current developments in international law witness an increasing number of disputes arising out of conflicting societal values, such as the promotion of economic development versus the protection of health and the environment. Irrespective of its precise normative content, sustainable...

Economic globalization directly impacts the law of states. New laws are passed, treaties are ratified, and case law shifts focus in response to global market demand. Geographic borders no longer isolate states as new technologies provide avenues for constant interaction amongst individuals on...

What might lie behind a heterodox approach to legal disputes arising in the struggle for energy resources? Here, the State parties turn to bargained solutions, instead of reaching for remedies available in contracts and in investment treaties, as suggested by the mainstream literature on rule of...

This chapter analyzes the recognition rules of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as an example of transnational relations. The ISO-IEC/WTO relationship is described from the analysis...

The WTO Dispute Settlement System (WTO/DSS) has been a landmark in furthering the autonomy and institutionalization of the multilateral trade system. This article discusses a frequently ignored function of the WTO/DSS: its adjudicatory enforcement in regard to another trade regime, namely the...

The importance of the institutional dimensions to international trade law over the last decades is brought to light in this volume of previously published articles. The collection focuses on the World Trade Organization (WTO), the most important institution in international trade, and includes a...