John J. Kirton, Michael J. Trebilcock

Hard Choices, Soft Law

Voluntary Standards in Global Trade, Environment and Social Governance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas. This key work firstly outlines the approach taken to combining soft and hard law and trade, environment and labour values in the WTO and NAFTA, and in the prospective Millennium Round. Then, using the forestry sector - a realm where formal international law remains largely absent - the book provides a detailed examination of the role of soft law in action. It demonstrates how soft and hard law can be combined to promote trade, environmental and social cohesion, in ways that also permit sustainable development. The book presents a wealth of knowledge from a range of contributors familiar with the work of the G7/G8, the OECD, the Biodiversity Convention and the Codex Alimentarius.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781138277397
• ISBN-10: 1138277398
• Artikelnr.: 50449317

Autorenporträt

John J. Kirton, Michael J. Trebilcock

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: hard choices and soft law in sustainable global
governance, John J. Kirton and Michael J. Trebilcock. Setting Standards for
Sustainable Forestry: Nonstate global governance: is forest certification a
legitimate alternative to a global forest convention?, Steven Bernstein and
Benjamin Cashore; The Forest Stewardship Council: a developing country
perspective, Tasso Rezende de Azevedo; Indigenous rights and forest
certification in British Columbia, Chris Tollefson. Setting Standards for
Labour: Codes of corporate conduct and the labour regulatory state in
developing countries, Adelle Blackett; Standard setting at the
International Labour Organization: the case of precarious employment, Leah
F. Vosko; Hard law or soft law: India and international labour standards,
C.S. Venkata Ratnam and Anil Verma; Trade policy and labour standards:
objectives, instruments and institutions, Michael J. Trebilcock. Creating
Codes of Corporate Responsibility: Corporate social responsibility and the
evolution of international norms, Hevina S. Dashwood; The role of
nongovernmental organizations and social movements in developing countries,
John W. Foster; Multinational corporations, globalization and the challenge
of self-regulation, Wesley Cragg; Canadian corporate responsibility in
Sudan: why Canada backed down, Robert O. Matthews. International
Institutions and Soft Law: The World Trade Organization, the North American
Free Trade Agreement and the challenge of sustainable development, Thomas
A. Hockin; Integrating environment and labour into the World Trade
Organization, Roy MacLaren; The future of the world trading system: beyond
Doha, Sylvia Ostry; Enhancing global governance: corporate social
responsibility and the international trade and investment framework,
Christopher Wilkie; A corporate perspective on globalization, sustainable
development and soft law, Michael E. Cloghesy; Terminating agricultural
biotechnology? Hard law, voluntary measures and the life sciences industry,
Lisa N. Mills; Hard and soft law in international institutions:
complements, not alternatives, Nicholas Bayne; Bibliography; Index.