It features:
- an examination of the WTO through the lens of globalisation (Camilleri and Myconos);
- the case against the AUSFTA (Garnaut);
- the CER Agreement (Walker);
- the question of special and differential treatment of LDCs within the WTO (Chen);
- the WTO and Islamic Law (Bhala);
- national treatment under the WTO (McMahon);
- intellectual property protection (Drahos and Braithwaite);
- FDI and the WTO (Sornarajah);
- trade in services (Islam);
- labour law issues (Murray); and
- environmental issues (Harris).
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: Towards a Fairer Order by Rules - Jianfu Chen and Gordon Walker
PART ONE: GLOBALISM, REGIONALISM AND BILATERALISM
CHAPTER 1: WTO: The Competitive Dynamic of Globalisation at Work - Joseph A. Camilleri and George Myconos
CHAPTER 2: The CER Agreement and Trans-Tasman Business Law Coordination: From 'Soft Law' Approach to ‘Hard Law’ Outcome - Gordon Walker
PART TWO: GLOBAL ISSUES AND GLOBAL CONCERNS
CHAPTER 3: 'S & D' Treatment for Developing Countries in the WTO Trade Regime: A False Solution on a Wrong Footing for LDCs - Jianfu Chen
CHAPTER 4: The Intersection of Islam and the WTO: Three Shari’a Issues in the WTO Accession of Saudi Arabia - Raj Bhala
CHAPTER 5: National Regulation and the WTO: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? - Joseph A. McMahon
CHAPTER 6: Hegemony Based on Knowledge: The Role of Intellectual Property - Peter Drahos and John Braithwaite
CHAPTER 7: Good Corporate Citizenship and the Conduct of Multinational Corporations - M. Sornarajah
CHAPTER 8: Pressing Issues of Global Free Trade in Services - M. Rafiqul Islam
CHAPTER 9: Labour Issues in Times of Globalisation: Is the Social Clause an Appropriate Legal Response? - Jill Murray
CHAPTER 10: Beyond Doha: Clarifying the Role of the WTO in Determining Trade-Environment Disputes - Mark Harris