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This book proposes a novel theory of justice in international trade law, examining what justice means and demands in this domain.
List of contents
Part I. Foundations: 1. Introduction; 2. Why World Trade Law needs a theory of justice; Part II. Justice: 3. Towards a political theory of international economic law; 4. Sovereignty, nationality and the limits of statism; 5. Self-determination and external trade measures; Part III. Law: 6. Border measures, discrimination, and ETMs; 7. Justifying ETMs: development provisions and general exceptions; 8. Trade remedies and fairness in international trade regulation; 9. Domestic regulation, self-determination and DEMs; Part IV. Progress: 10. Conclusion: where to from here?
About the author
Oisin Suttle is a Lecturer at Queen's University, Belfast, having previously taught at the University of Sheffield and University College London. He teaches political philosophy, public international law and WTO law. He holds degrees in law (University College Dublin) and international relations (University of Oxford), and a Ph.D. on the philosophy of international economic law (University College London). His research has been published in leading international journals, including the European Journal of International Law, the Modern Law Review, and the Journal of International Law and International Relations. He formerly practiced commercial law and is qualified both in Ireland and in England and Wales.
Summary
Essential for international lawyers, philosophers and political theorists, this publication proposes a novel theory of global distributive justice to answer practical questions of international economic governance. The author applies the new theory to explain and critique World Trade Oragnization law in ways that are intelligible and useful to lawyers and to theorists.
