Just Trade - A New Covenant Linking Trade and Human Rights (Hardcover)

In the mid-1940s, once the full impact of World War II was assessed, the world witnessed major legal developments in both modern trade and human rights. Since then, volumes have been written about modern trade law, and human rights law has seen an equal amount of attention. While these topics constitute two of the most active spheres in international law, follow similar intellectual trajectories, and often feature the same key actors and arenas, neither field has actively engaged with the other. They co-exist in relative isolation at best, peppered by occasional hostile debates. It has come to be a given that pro-trade laws are not good for human rights, and legislation that protects human rights hampers vibrant international trade.

In a bold departure from this canon, Just Trade makes a case for reaching a middle-ground between these two fields, acknowledging their co-existence and the significant points at which they overlap. Using actual examples from many of the 35 nations of the Western Hemisphere, the authors one a human rights scholar and the other specializing in trade law -- carefully combine their expertise to examine human rights policies involving conscripted child labor, sustainable development, promotion of health, equality of women, human trafficking, indigenous peoples, poverty, citizenship, and economic sanctions, never overlooking the very real human rights problems that arise from international trade. However, instead of viewing the two kinds of law as isolated, polar, and sometimes hostile opposites, Berta Esperanza HernAndez-Truyol and Stephen J. Powell make powerful suggestions for how these intersections may be navigated to promote an internationalmarketplace that embraces both liberal trade and liberal protection of human rights.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol • Stephen Joseph Powell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-3693-7
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8147-3693-9
Barcode:	9780814736937

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