Making and bending international rules : the design of exceptions and escape clauses in trade law /

Making and bending international rules : the design of exceptions and escape clauses in trade law / Krzysztof J. Pelc.

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Publisher's description: All treaties, from human rights to international trade, include formal exceptions that allow governments to legally break the rules that they have committed to, in order to deal with unexpected events. Such institutional "flexibility" is necessary, yet it rais...

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Main Author: Pelc, Krzysztof J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
World Trade Organization.
Foreign trade regulation.
Foreign trade regulation > Language.
WTO-Recht.
Handelsabkommen.
Internationale Handelspolitik.
Welt.
Table of Contents:
  • The "architectural challenge" of international rules
  • A theory of the design of flexibility
  • A brief intellectual history of flexibility in law
  • The twin GATT exceptions : fears and solutions
  • The evolving design of flexibility
  • The bad news
  • The good news
  • The Great Recession and beyond.

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