Developing countries in the GATT legal system / / Robert E. Hudec ; with an introduction by J. Michael Finger [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812214803321
• Autore: Hudec Robert E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 0-511-99402-8; 1-107-22073-4; 1-282-97657-5; 9786612976575; 0-511-99180-0; 0-511-99280-7; 0-511-98903-2; 0-511-98723-4; 0-511-97681-X; 0-511-99082-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 212 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 343.172405/6
• Soggetti: Tariff - Law and legislation - Developing countries; Foreign trade regulation - Developing countries; Tariff - Law and legislation; Foreign trade regulation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. A history of the legal relationship. Post-war negotiations on trade liberalization ; First decade of the GATT, 1948-1957 ; Demands for a new legal relationship, 1958-1963 ; Defining the new relationship, 1964-1971 ; Testing the new relationship, 1972-1979 ; Developments in the 1980s : form without substance -- pt. 2. A legal critique of the GATT's current policy. Basic elements of the legal criticism ; Separating legal and economic issues ; Impact of GATT legal policy on internal decision-making ; Impact on decisions in other governments : non-reciprocity ; Impact on decisions in other governments : preferences ; First steps towards a better legal policy.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this reissued edition of the classic work Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System, Robert E. Hudec's clear insight on the situation of developing countries within the international trade system is once again made available. Hudec is regarded as one of the most prominent commentators on the evolution of the current international trade regime, and this long out-of-print book offers his analysis of the dynamics playing out between developed and developing nations. A significant contribution when the book was first published, this work continues to serve as a thoughtful and important guide to how current and future trade policy must seriously adapt to the demands of the developing world. This new edition includes a new introduction by J. Michael Finger that examines Hudec's work to understand how the GATT got into its current historical-institutional predicament and the lasting impact of his work on current research on international trade systems.