Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law (Asia Pacific Legal Culture & Globalization) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774819049 ISBN 13: 9780774819046

Verlag: UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the core of international trade law regimes and standards. Are non-Western societies uniformly adopting international standards, or are they adapting them to local norms and cultural values?

This volume presents a new conceptual approach - the paradigm of selective adaptation - to explore and explain the reception of international trade law in the Pacific Rim. It brings together scholars from Australia, Canada, China, and Japan who reveal how the World Trade Organization’s standards are being interpreted - and in some cases disputed - in selected countries. Building on a conceptual discussion of the normative and institutional contexts for international trade law, the authors draw on examples from China, Japan, Thailand, and North America to show that formal acceptance of international trade standards through accession to the World Trade Organization and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade does not necessarily lead to uniform enforcement and acceptance at the local level.

Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law provides compelling evidence that non-uniform compliance will be a legitimate outcome of the globalization of international trade rules.

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Pitman B. Potter is the Hong Kong Bank Chair in Asian Research at the Institute of Asian Research and a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. Ljiljana Biukovic is an associate professor of law at the University of British Columbia.

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The trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the core of
international trade law regimes and standards. Are non-Western
societiesadopting international standards, or are they adapting
them to local norms and cultural values? This volume employs the
paradigm of selective adaptation to explain the reception of
international trade law in the Pacific Rim. Drawing on examples from
China, Japan, Thailand, and North America, the contributors show that
formal acceptance of international trade standards does not necessarily
translate into uniform enforcement and acceptance at the local level.
They offer compelling evidence that non-uniform compliance will be a
legitimate outcome of the globalization of international trade law.

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The trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the core of
international trade law regimes and standards. Are non-Western
societiesadopting international standards, or are they adapting
them to local norms and cultural values? This volume employs the
paradigm of selective adaptation to explain the reception of
international trade law in the Pacific Rim. Drawing on examples from
China, Japan, Thailand, and North America, the contributors show that
formal acceptance of international trade standards does not necessarily
translate into uniform enforcement and acceptance at the local level.
They offer compelling evidence that non-uniform compliance will be a
legitimate outcome of the globalization of international trade law.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0774819049
• ISBN 13: 9780774819046
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 306
• Herausgeber: Potter Pitman B.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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