The Legal and Moral Aspects of International Trade: Freedom and Trade: Volume Three (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

This collection of essays by international lawyers and moral philosophers arises from a prestigious multi-disciplinary conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. It examines the legal, moral and political dimensions of free trade. Contributors explore issues such as:\* the ethics and rules of competition\* the idea of global justice\* the problem of international exploitation\* the protection of the environment\* the regulation services\* international taxation and the justifications for barriers to trade.This book provides an important insight into the continuing debates surrounding free trade. It is an important text for experts across the fields of economics, politics and law as well as to those with an interest in international trade. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 About the editors and contributors......Page 8 General editors' preface......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 The feasibility and desirability of global free trade......Page 20 Cosmopolitanism, realism and the national interest......Page 39 Perspectives on liberalizing international trade......Page 54 Commentary on Caney and Hunt,......Page 66 Procedural justice and the problem of voluntarism......Page 69 Liberalizing international trade: what is today's choice of weapons?......Page 83 Commentary on Ingram and Bourke,......Page 92 The ethics of competition......Page 95 The need for integrating trade and competition rules in the WTO world trade and legal system......Page 110 Commentary on Wolff and Petersmann,......Page 132 Transnational and international exploitation......Page 136 Developments in the services sector: the GATS......Page 148 Commentary on de-Shalit and Johnson,......Page 160 Environmental regulation and economic deregulation: is there a conflict?......Page 163 'What now?' Trade and environment: an overview of the current debate......Page 179 TRIT;a new WTO code of conduct on trade-related aspects of international taxation?......Page 196 Commentary on Qureshi,......Page 212 Trading with the enemy......Page 214 Standards and technical regulations as barriers to trade: regulating regulations......Page 220 Commentary on Steiner and McGovern,......Page 231 Index......Page 234

This collection of essays by international lawyers and moral philosophers arises from a prestigious multi-disciplinary conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. It examines the legal, moral and political dimensions of free trade. Contributors explore issues such as:
•the ethics and rules of competition
•the idea of global justice
•the problem of international exploitation
•the protection of the environment
•the regulation services
•international taxation and the justifications for barriers to trade.
This book provides an important insight into the continuing debates surrounding free trade. It is an important text for experts across the fields of economics, politics and law as well as to those with an interest in international trade.

v. 1. Free trade and its reception, 1815-1960 / edited by Andrew Marrison v. 2. The economics and politics of international trade / edited by Gary Cook v. 3. The legal and moral aspects of international trade / edited by Asif Qureshi, Hillel Steiner, and Geraint Parry. v. 1. Free trade and its reception 1815-1960 / edited by Andrew Marrison v. 2. The economics and politics of international trade / Gary Cook v. 3. The legal and moral aspects of international trade / edited by Geraint Parry, Asif Qureshi and Hillel Steiner. This collection of essays by international lawyers and moral philosophers examines the legal, moral and political dimensions of free trade. It is an important text for experts across the fields of economics, politics, law and international trade. This volume consists of two component elements.