Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0774819049 ISBN 13: 9780774819046

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2012

Riassunto

The trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the core of international trade law regimes and standards. Are non-Western societies uniformly adopting international standards, or are they adapting them to local norms and cultural values?

This volume presents a new conceptual approach - the paradigm of selective adaptation - to explore and explain the reception of international trade law in the Pacific Rim. It brings together scholars from Australia, Canada, China, and Japan who reveal how the World Trade Organization’s standards are being interpreted - and in some cases disputed - in selected countries. Building on a conceptual discussion of the normative and institutional contexts for international trade law, the authors draw on examples from China, Japan, Thailand, and North America to show that formal acceptance of international trade standards through accession to the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade does not necessarily lead to uniform enforcement and acceptance at the local level.

Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law provides compelling evidence that non-uniform compliance will be a legitimate outcome of the globalization of international trade rules.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Pitman B. Potter is the Hong Kong Bank Chair in Asian Research at the Institute of Asian Research and a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. Ljiljana Biukovic is an associate professor of law at the University of British Columbia.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

The trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the core ofinternational trade law regimes and standards. Are non-Westernsocietiesadopting international standards, or are they adaptingthem to local norms and cultural values? This volume employs theparadigm of selective adaptation to explain the reception ofinternational trade law in the Pacific Rim. Drawing on examples fromChina, Japan, Thailand, and North America, the contributors show thatformal acceptance of international trade standards does not necessarilytranslate into uniform enforcement and acceptance at the local level.They offer compelling evidence that non-uniform compliance will be alegitimate outcome of the globalization of international trade law.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0774819049
• ISBN 13: 9780774819046
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 306
• Redattore: Potter Pitman B., Biukovic Ljiljana