Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 11/15/2010
EAN 9781107003293, ISBN10: 1107003296
Hardcover, 230 pages, 22.9 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
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.
Part I. A History of the Legal Relationship
1. Post-war negotiations on trade liberalization
2. First decade of the GATT
1948–57
3. Demands for a new legal relationship
1958–63
4. Defining the new relationship
1964–71
5. Testing the new relationship
1972–9
6. Developments in the 1980s
form without substance
Part II. A Legal Critique of the GATT's Current Policy
7. Basic elements of the legal criticism
8. Separating legal and economic issues
9. Impact of GATT legal policy on internal decision-making
10. Impact on decisions in other governments
non-reciprocity
11. Impact on decisions in other governments
preferences
12. First steps towards a better legal policy.