The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation

Cambridge University Press, 10/12/2017
EAN 9781108416238, ISBN10: 1108416233

Hardcover, 408 pages, 23.5 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
Language: English

In the international trade and development arena, new and developing economies have created a block that is known as BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Initially conceived to drive global change through economic growth, the financial crisis and reversal of fortunes of the BRICS nations have raised questions about their ability to have an impact on the governance of global affairs. This book explores the role of law in various areas of BRICS cooperation including: trade, investment, competition, intellectual property, energy, consumer protection, financial services, space exploration and legal education. It not only covers the specifics of each of the BRICS nations in the selected areas, but also offers innovative and forward-looking perspectives on the BRICS cooperation and their contribution to the reform of the global governance networks. This is a unique reference book suitable for academics, government officials, legal practitioners, business executives, researchers and students.

Introduction
1. The enantiosis of BRICS
BRICS la[w]yers and the difference that they can make
2. Diversity and intra-BRICS trade
patterns, risks and potential
3. Defending trade multilateralism
the BRICS countries in the World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Mechanism
4. The BRICS investment framework
catching up with trade
5. China-Africa and the BRICS
an insight into the development cooperation and investment policies
6. Global fragmentation of competition law and BRICS
adaptation or transformation?
7. Intellectual property negotiations, the BRICS factor and the changing North-South debate
8. BRICS in the emerging energy trade debate
9. The BRICS bank
on the edge of international economic law and the new challenges of twenty-first-century capitalism
10. The political economy challenges of financial regulation in BRICS economies
a case study of capital markets regulation in India
11. Contract law in the BRICS countries
a comparative approach
12. Consumer protection law in BRICS and their future cooperation
13. A dispute resolution centre for the BRICS?
14. Legal and policy aspects of space cooperation in the BRICS region
inventory, challenges and opportunities
15. For a BRICS agenda on culture and the creative economy
16. Making lawyers in BRICS
histories, challenges, and strategies for legal education reform.