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UNINA9910816680003321 |
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Autore |
Feichtner Isabel |
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Titolo |
The law and politics of WTO waivers : stability and flexibility in public international law / / Isabel Feichtner [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
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1-139-17999-3 |
1-283-38416-7 |
9786613384164 |
1-139-18977-8 |
1-139-18846-1 |
1-139-19106-3 |
1-139-18384-2 |
1-139-18616-7 |
1-139-00334-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 393 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge international trade and economic law ; ; 7 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Foreign trade regulation |
Foreign trade promotion |
Waiver |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Why study the WTO waiver? -- The flexibility challenge in public international law -- The WTO : public law of conflict management -- The waiver power and practice under the GATT 1947 and in the WTO -- The law of waivers -- The potential of the waiver as a flexibility device -- The politics of the waiver process -- Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite being an important legal instrument in the law of the WTO, the waiver has hitherto been the subject of little scholarly analysis. Isabel Feichtner fills this gap by challenging the conventional view that the WTO's political bodies do not engage in significant law-making. She systemises the GATT and WTO waiver practice and suggests a typology of waivers as individual exception, general exception and rule-making instruments. She also presents the procedural and substantive legal |
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