Trade and the Environment: Fundamental Issues in International Law, WTO Law, and Legal Theory - Couverture rigide

Vranes, Erich

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199562784 ISBN 13 : 9780199562787

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The relevance of the WTO legal system for environmental protection is a central topic in general international law, WTO law and international environmental law. The relationship between WTO law and international and domestic efforts to protect the environment has moved to centre stage in WTO and international environmental law. It has also spurred the discussion on fragmentation in international law in recent years.

This book analyses these issues by examining the 'horizontal' interaction between WTO law and 'other' international law, the 'vertical' relationship between WTO law and domestic law, and the contents and the interrelations between fundamental provisions of WTO law. This study relies on established insights from legal theory in order to achieve greater clarity in legal argumentation. The main results of this analysis are applied to two topical instances of international regime interplay, namely the relevance of WTO law for international and domestic measures protecting the earth's climate and the ozone layer.

A series of controversial topics in WTO and general international law are addressed in this book, including the notion of conflicts of norms, and the resolution of conflicts of norms; the role of international law in WTO proceedings; extraterritorial jurisdiction and unilateral trade measures; proportionality and balancing of interests in international and WTO law; the core disciplines of the GATT and the TBT Agreement; process and production-based measures (PPMs) in WTO law; climate protection, protection of the ozone layer, and WTO disciplines.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Erich Vranes has studied law at the Universities of Graz, Lausanne and Geneva. He is associate professor for international law, EU law and international economic law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. His publications range from general international law and WTO law to EU law and legal theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199562784
• ISBN 13: 9780199562787
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 482
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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