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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300513703321

Autore

Burkard Michael

Titolo

Conflicting Philosophies and International Trade Law [[electronic resource] ] : Worldviews and the WTO / / by Michael Burkard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-61067-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 442 p.)

Collana

Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law

Disciplina

327.06

Soggetti

International organization

International law

Trade

Law and economics

International Organization

International Economic Law, Trade Law

Law and Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. .