ABSTRACT
This title was first published in 2002. Debates about the desirability, feasibility and appropriate form of international economic regulation are now a heavily contested domain. This selection of recently published essays reflects the diversity of perspectives that are shaping the scope and direction of the debates, from legal formalism and law and economics, to Third World legal theories and other critical perspectives.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I
Four Contrasting Perspectives
part II|70 pages
Regulating International Finance and Investment
part III|68 pages
The Multilateral Development Banks
chapter [11]|22 pages
The Political Economy of the World Bank's Legal Framework for Economic Development
part IV|130 pages
The World Trade Organization
chapter [19]|26 pages
Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Knowledge of Biodiversity in Asia *
part V|42 pages
New Issues
part VI|128 pages
Legitimacy and Sovereignty