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The WTO and International Trade Law/Dispute Settlement
Petros C. Mavroidis and Alan O. Sykes 2005
The system of dispute resolution within the WTO and its evolution over time have attracted the attention of numerous scholars. This volume brings together a selection of papers by prominent scholars working in a range of disciplines.
The collection is... (read more)
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Gender and Rights
Deborah L. Rhode and Carol Sanger 2005
Gender and Rights presents twenty-five essays by leading international scholars and advocates the relationship between rights and gender inequality. The essays are organized into six categories: rights, sources of harm and well-being, work, family, violence and political process and participation.... (read more)
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International Law and Organization: Closing the Compliance Gap
Edward C. Luck and Michael W. Doyle 2004
The last decade of the twentieth century was a heyday for the development of international norms and agreements. Non-state actors and states joined together in codifying new international standards in areas as diverse as arms control, war crimes, human rights,... (read more)
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Law and Governance in an Enlarged European Union
George A. Bermann and Katharina Pistor 2004
This book's principal aim is to critically address the institutional and substantive legal issues resulting from European enlargement, chiefly those relating to the legal foundations on which the enlarged Union is being built. The accession of new Member States creates... (read more)
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In Defense of Globalization
Jagdish Bhagwati 2004
The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labor to environmental degradation, cultural homogenization,... (read more)
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Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
Jane C. Ginsburg 2004
This course book serves an undergraduate course in introduction to legal reasoning. It is designed to initiate students in the legal methods of case law analysis and statutory interpretation, prompting students to take a critical distance from the wielding of... (read more)
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Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance
Jeffrey N. Gordon and Mark J. Roe 2004
Corporate governance is on the reform agenda all over the world. How will global economic integration affect the different systems of corporate ownership and governance? Is the Anglo-American model of shareholder capitalism destined to become the template for a converging... (read more)
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Foundations of Intellectual Property
Robert P. Merges and Jane C. Ginsburg 2004
This book is meant to provide a ... collection of commentaries on the topic of intellectual property. [The] goal has been to bring together ... influential writings on patent, copyright, trademark and design protection, beginning with early material from the... (read more)
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Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: Practice and Procedure
David Palmeter and Petros C. Mavroidis 2004
David Palmeter and Petros Mavroidis review all WTO dispute settlement provisions and their interpretation in WTO jurisprudence in this extensively revised new edition. Carefully written for a wide readership, the volume is essential for professionals, practitioners, diplomats and government lawyers.... (read more)
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Democratic Vistas: Reflections on the Life of American Democracy
Jedediah S. Purdy 2004
In this thought-provoking collection, leading scholars explore democracy in the United States from a sweeping variety of perspectives. A dozen contributors consider the nature and prospects of democracy as it relates to the American experience – free markets, religion, family... (read more)
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The Practice of Value
Joseph Raz 2003
The Practice of Value explores the nature of value and its relation to the social and historical conditions under which human agents live. At the core of the book are the Tanner Lectures delivered at Berkeley in 2001 by Joseph... (read more)
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Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell
George A. Bermann 2003
This title identifies and explores recurring problems caused by private cross-border disputes, while presenting the solutions that appear to be emerging, whether in the form of legislation, case law, treaty or Restatement enumeration. It covers personal and subject matter jurisdiction,... (read more)
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Intellectual Property: Trade, Competition, and Sustainable Development: The World Trade Forum, Vol. 3
Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis 2003
The incorporation of intellectual property protection into the WTO international trading system has been a milestone in international economic law and has added a new dimension to trade regulation – new rights and obligations and new challenges alike. The contributors,... (read more)
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The Role of the Judge in International Trade Regulation: Experience and Lessons for the WTO: The World Trade Forum, Vol. 4
Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis 2003
The WTO is generally seen as a key actor of globalization and, as such, has been the point of convergence of popular irritation worldwide. Many of the reproaches addressed to the WTO show civil society's concern with what is perceived... (read more)
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Foundations of International Income Taxation
Michael J. Graetz 2003
This law school casebook extracts materials from scholarly literature on international income tax law and provides context for these materials, to enhance an understanding of the institutions that shape this area of law and underlying policy debates. Designed for use... (read more)
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Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America
Bernard E. Harcourt 2003
Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America assembles a diverse group of the nation's leading authorities on guns and gun violence to present the most up-to-date research currently available. Exploring such controversial issues as gun- tracing initiatives, the possible extension of... (read more)
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Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World
Jedediah S. Purdy 2003
Having risen to national attention with his first book, For Common Things, Jedediah Purdy now cements his claim to being one of the most arresting public intellectuals of his generation. In Being America, Purdy turns his erudition and unique perspective... (read more)
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Going Alone: The Case for Relaxed Reciprocity in Freeing Trade
Jagdish N. Bhagwati 2002
An analytic and empirical study of unilateral trade liberalization agreements, from the nineteenth century to the present.
Since the end of World War II, the freeing of trade has been most visible in reciprocal liberalization agreements negotiated under the General... (read more)
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Free Trade Today
Jagdish N. Bhagwati 2002
Free trade, indeed economic globalization generally, is under siege. The conventional arguments for protectionism have been discredited but not banished. And free trade faces strong new challenges from a variety of groups, including environmentalists and human rights activists as well... (read more)
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The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
Philip Chase Bobbitt 2002
The Shield of Achilles is a classic inquiry into the nature of the State, its origin in war, and its drive for peace and legitimacy. Philip Bobbitt, a professor of constitutional law and a historian of nuclear strategy, has served... (read more)
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Eternally Vigilant: Free Speech in the Modern Era
Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone 2002
While freedom of speech has been guaranteed us for centuries, the First Amendment as we know it today is largely a creation of the past eighty years. Eternally Vigilant brings together a group of distinguished legal scholars to reflect boldly... (read more)
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The Dynamics of Coercion: American Foreign Policy and the Limits of Military Might
Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman 2002
This book examines how the United States uses limited military force and other means to influence adversaries and potential adversaries. It reviews when limited force can and cannot work and examines a range of current challenges, including those of guerrilla... (read more)
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Romantics at War: Glory and Guilt in the Age of Terrorism
George P. Fletcher 2002
America is at war with terrorism. Terrorists must be brought to justice.
We hear these phrases together so often that we rarely pause to reflect on the dramatic differences between the demands of war and the demands of justice, differences... (read more)
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Separation of Church and State
Philip A. Hamburger 2002
In a powerful challenge to conventional wisdom, Philip Hamburger argues that the separation of church and state has no historical foundation in the First Amendment. The detailed evidence assembled here shows that eighteenth-century Americans almost never invoked this principle. Although... (read more)
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European Integration and International Co-ordination: Studies in Transnational Economic Law in Honour of Claus-Dieter Ehlermann
Armin Von Bogdandy, Petros C. Mavroidis, and Yves Mény 2002
Claus-Dieter Ehlermann is widely regarded as among the most knowledgeable, far-sighted, and creative shapers, practitioners, and scholars of European law. Among the prominent legal roles he has played in his influential career, his leadership of the Legal Service of the... (read more)
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