World trade law after neoliberalism
Subtitle: re-imagining the global economic order
By: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780199592647
Subjects: Free trade; Political aspects; International economic relations; Foreign trade regulation; Neoliberalism
Description: It is often argued that there is an inherent tension between human rights law and the rules of free trade. This book explores the assumptions underlying this debate and argues that we need to reconsider them, focusing more on how expert knowledge and informal relationships shape trade law and its interaction with human rights.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-380) and index.