Regulating Health and Environmental Risks under WTO Law - A Critical Analysis of the SPS Agreement (Hardcover)

The last sixty years witnessed an unprecedented expansion of international trade. The system created by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and later by the World Trade Organization (WTO) has proved to be an efficient instrument for the elimination of trade and tariff barriers. This process coincided with increased national regulatory controls, which were particularly visible in the area of risk regulation. Governments, responding to the demands of their domestic constituencies, have adopted a wide range of regulatory measures aimed at protecting the environment and human health. Although, for the most part, the new regulatory initiatives served legitimate objectives, it has also turned out that internal measures might become an attractive vehicle for protectionism, taking the place that was traditionally occupied by tariff barriers. Regulating Health andEnvironmental Risks under the WTO Law examinesthe WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). In which it is an attempt by the international community to limit possible abuses while assuring WTO Members of an extensive margin of regulatory discretion.
The central problem that the book tackles is whether the system established by the SPS Agreement can address the existing and potential challenges of a new interdependent world. In answering this question, the author provides a comprehensive and critical examination of the substantive provisions of the Agreement and corresponding case law. In this context, the book particularly focuses on two issues: the consistency in the interpretation of the SPS Agreement and the appropriateness of its various requirements. This analysis leads the author to conclude that despite some interpretative failures of SPS case law, the system established by the SPS Agreement seems to provide an effective solution for the supervision of domestic SPS measures.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Economic Law Series
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	April 2010
Authors:	Lukasz Gruszczynski
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-957892-4
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International environmental law Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-957892-3
Barcode:	9780199578924

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