LEADER 05143nam 22006974a 450 001 9910783710803321 005 20230617005945.0 010 $a0-429-23068-0 010 $a1-134-45826-6 010 $a1-280-07287-3 010 $a0-203-36173-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250348 035 $a(EBL)180822 035 $a(OCoLC)437084095 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297615 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228025 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297615 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10334504 035 $a(PQKB)10976282 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180822 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL180822 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099883 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7287 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250348 100 $a20020813d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobal governance, economy and law$b[electronic resource] $ewaiting for justice /$fErrol Mendes and Ozay Mehmet 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in international law ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-37851-2 311 $a0-415-28263-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [244]-249) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Global Governance, Economy and Law; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The "tragic flaw" of humanity reflected in the United Nations and the struggle for human rights; Prelude to the United Nations: the Age of Hope; Birth of the United Nations: one step forward, two back; The evolution of the International Bill of Rights: rekindling the Age of Hope; UN legal standard-setting in human rights: more law, but less moral force; Genocide, the Cold War and complicity: the Age of Hypocrisy 327 $aThe regional human rights regime in Europe: is the wait for justice over for Europe and is it a model for the rest of the world?After the Cold War: the era of television wars, genocides, and virtual guilt; The Kosovo crisis, universal jurisdiction, and the International Criminal Court: turning points in the wait for justice?; Conclusion: the Global Information Age and economic and military power in the twenty-first century: can justice co-opt them?; Postscript: the effect of 11 September 2001, or has the world really changed?; 2. World trade: for whose benefit? 327 $aThe evolution of governance in world trade: another loss of visionThe global trade regime: can it be recast in the cause of all humanity?; Justice requires consistency: drawing the existing moral, legal, and economic links between trade and labor standards; In the long term do we survive? Trading off the environment; Conclusion; 3. Power and responsibility: the ethical and inter national legal duties of the global private sector; The transformation of global economic power: in search of vision; Ethics and social responsibility in the corporate integrity risk environment 327 $aThe international legal duties of the global private sectorConclusion; 4. From a "race-to-the-bottom" to social justice in the global labor market; A race-to-the-bottom world?; Social justice in the global marketplace; Bringing justice to global workers: the knowledge barrier; Managing the global labor market; 5. The failure of the international financial system and financing global justice - the World Development Fund: a global Marshall Plan; The record of the World Bank and the IMF in global development and avoiding financial crises: justice demands reforms 327 $aMultinational enterprises in the global economyModeling the productivity-HRD relationship: the case of under-age child workers; An international development levy; A World Development Fund (WDF); 6. Toward global pluralism; Notes; Bibliography (selected); Index 330 $aThis book provides a critical examination of the most important institutions of global governance in the world today. Drawing on history, political science, law and economics, the authors examine institutions such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and also the global private sector. In a series of comprehensive analyses the inability of these institutions and entities to promote and protect human rights and international peace is revealed. While examining the failures of the past, the authors enthusiastically pr 410 0$aRoutledge studies in international law ;$v4. 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects 606 $aInternational organization 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aGlobalization$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aInternational organization. 676 $a341.2 700 $aMendes$b Errol$01143260 701 $aMehmet$b Ozay$0252628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783710803321 996 $aGlobal governance, economy and law$93767960 997 $aUNINA