Wto law services limits (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very good. The Hague : Kluwer Law International, 2009. Original edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 316 pp.(European Monographs, 63). - In considering either the EU Services Directive or WTO rules on services, it is clear that the goal in each case is the same: the removal of obstacles to the free movement of services. However, a number of formidable forces - including the anti-globalisation movement, other civil society groups, and some EU Member States - have raised concerns regarding the effect of liberalization of services on the quality and availability of public services such as health care and education, and the compatibility of such liberalization with social policy objectives. Thus it is clear that the central question at both EU and WTO level is how to balance the proper functioning of the services market and the realization of general interest issues. This book, which is the outcome of a 2006 conference organized by the Europa Institute of Utrecht and edited at the Radboud University Nijmegen, makes a major contribution to improving the understanding of services liberalization and its limits in both the scholarly and public debate. Library stamps. English text. Condition : very good. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9789041128096. Keywords : RECHT, WTO. World Trade Organization.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. From the publisher's blurb, "The how and why of connecting international human rights law and WTO law has been a hotly debated topic in international legal scholarship for quite some time. This book explores the extent to which these two sub-regimes of international law can be meaningfully linked as a matter of law and policy. WTO law on cultural and educational goods and services, thus far under-explored in this area of study, is taken as a case study. The book first develops an international law-based framework to assess the interface of human rights and WTO obligations. Its analysis reveals that GATT and GATS driven liberalization, in the area of culture and education, raises tensions with various human rights norms. Applying the human rights/WTO law assessment framework, it is argued that these concerns would be best voiced by relying on the obligation to protect the right to education. In the light of this situation, the book first shows the potential to bring up this obligation in the context of WTO law and dispute settlement. The GATS clause, relating to public services, and the GATT/S General Exceptions provisions are found to be capable of accommodating States' parallel human rights obligations. Yet, the book argues that this possibility alone will not automatically lead to a satisfactory result. Various remaining conceptual, methodological, and institutional barriers will need to be overcome. Further measures are suggested to ensure that human rights and WTO obligations can and will be taken equally seriously in practice." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xviii, 1-290 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …