Toward a North American Legal System [electronic resource] /
McHugh, J.editor.
Toward a North American Legal System is a collection of scholarship that looks at a timely issue in public policy. Two decades after NAFTA, the team assembled by James T. McHugh works through both philosophical and practical questions related to a possibly more integrated legal system on the North American continent.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface: Contemplating a Continental Legal Foundation; Introduction; 1 Assessing the Prospects of North American Legal Harmonization; 2 How to Think About Law in North America; 3 The Constitutional Presence within North America; 4 Legal Integration of NAFTA through Supranational Adjudication; 5 NAFTA Chapter 11 and the Harmonization of Domestic Practices; 6 The Strict Subsidiarity Principle under NAFTA Law and Policy: Implications for North American Tax Policy; 7 Single Market Governance: Lessons from the European Experience
8 Conclusion: The NAFTA Region-a View from the Current Mexican AgendaContributors; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toward a North American Legal System is a collection of scholarship that looks at a timely issue in public policy. Two decades after NAFTA, the team assembled by James T. McHugh works through both philosophical and practical questions related to a possibly more integrated legal system on the North American continent.
International relations.
Diplomacy.
Private international law.
Conflict of laws.
Latin America—Politics and government.
Europe—Politics and government.
Social sciences.
International Relations.
Diplomacy.
Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law .
Latin American Politics.
European Politics.
Social Sciences, general.