Conflicting Philosophies and International Trade Law [electronic resource] : Worldviews and the WTO /
Burkard, Michael.author.
This book reveals how conflicting worldviews are at the root of public controversies on policy and trade issues. It highlights the particularly controversial disputes at the level of the World Trade Organization in the case of regulating beef-hormones and GMOs, aiming to show how negotiators of international agreements, members of dispute settlement bodies, and policy makers in general could have recourse to concepts of other disciplines such as epistemology and philosophy in order to address deadlocked legal disputes. Ultimately, the book is a manifesto for independent and critical research. .
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. Between Positivism And Relativism -- 3. Two Concepts of Reality -- 4. Two Concepts of Risk -- 5. Two Functions of Risk -- 6. The Battle for Agriculture -- 7. A Promise for Objectivity -- 8. The Panel’s Positivist Position -- 9. The Appellate Body’s Quest for Middle Ground.-10. The Positivist Solution -- 11. The Relativist Response -- 12. A Critical Approach -- 13. Annex: Synopsis of Reform Proposals.
This book reveals how conflicting worldviews are at the root of public controversies on policy and trade issues. It highlights the particularly controversial disputes at the level of the World Trade Organization in the case of regulating beef-hormones and GMOs, aiming to show how negotiators of international agreements, members of dispute settlement bodies, and policy makers in general could have recourse to concepts of other disciplines such as epistemology and philosophy in order to address deadlocked legal disputes. Ultimately, the book is a manifesto for independent and critical research. .
International organization.
International law.
Trade.
Law and economics.
International Organization.
International Economic Law, Trade Law.
Law and Economics.