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Globalization And The Environment: Why All The Fuss?, David A. Wirth
Globalization And The Environment: Why All The Fuss?, David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth
The relationship between globalization and environmental policies presents more nuances than the popular paradigm of free trader versus self-serving protectionists, the familiar model of environmentalist battling greedy polluters, or the outmoded view of a progressive multilateral agenda juxtaposed against a parochial, inward-looking domestic one. This piece sets out a structural and analytical framework for addressing the major issues in the field -- including (1) unilateral trade-based measures to protect the environment; (2) science-based tests applied through trade agreements; (3) disciplines on foreign investment that may have a "chilling effect" on environmental regulation; and (4) the relationship between free trade agreements …
The Transatlantic Gmo Dispute Against The European Communities: Some Preliminary Thoughts, David A. Wirth
The Transatlantic Gmo Dispute Against The European Communities: Some Preliminary Thoughts, David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth
Any day now, a World Trade Organization panel is expected to rule in a dispute between the U.S. and the EU concerning market access for genetically-engineered foods and crops. This piece, written before the release of the WTO panel's report, analyzes novel systemic issues concerning the impact of WTO law on regulatory design, at both the national and international levels, that are raised by this dispute. These include (1) the application of WTO disciplines to regulatory schemes that require prior governmental approval to protect the environment and public health from newly-introduced products and substances; (2) the role of precaution as …
Legitimacy, Accountability, And Partnership: A Model For Advocacy On Third World Environmental Issues, David A. Wirth
Legitimacy, Accountability, And Partnership: A Model For Advocacy On Third World Environmental Issues, David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth
To date, there has been little effort to define the characteristics of responsible environmental reform efforts by private citizens and organizations in the United States on foreign environmental problems, such as the quality of foreign aid. Moreover, there have been virtually no attempts to identify a principled role for American lawyers in Third World environmental issues. This Essay will respond to these lacunae by articulating a new approach to advocacy based on a partnership model. In Part I, this Essay identifies the need for American public interest advocates to establish partnerships with directly affected groups on Third World environmental issues. …
The Role Of Science In The Uruguay Round And Nafta Trade Disciplines, David A. Wirth
The Role Of Science In The Uruguay Round And Nafta Trade Disciplines, David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth
The central theme of this article is the necessity for deference to decision-making processes of national regulatory authorities in the application of these new trade disciplines and the need for trade-based reviews of national regulatory measures to operate within clearly defined limits. Accordingly, this article first examines and summarizes the relevant texts, including the original 1947 GATT, the Uruguay Round, and the NAFTA texts on standards. Next, the article considers the role of science in the standard-setting process with reference to the copious literature on this topic. Finally, the article takes up the difficult question of the application of the …
Hazardous Substances And Activities, David A. Wirth
Hazardous Substances And Activities, David A. Wirth
David A. Wirth
This piece analyzes and critically evaluates the enormous number and variety of international instruments addressing the regulation of hazardous substances and activities, from consumer products to nuclear power plants. International authorities are categorized according to regulatory theory, ranging from hazard identification and testing to disposal. Other regulatory approaches include limitations on pollutant releases, prevention of and response to industrial accidents, and international trade in toxic chemicals and waste. Multilateral norms originating from global and regional institutions, UN specialized agencies, and non-UN organizations are analyzed. The piece addresses both "hard" (binding or conventional) and "soft" (nonbinding) instruments, correlating legal form with …
Will The Sec Survive Financial Regulatory Reform?, Renee M. Jones
Will The Sec Survive Financial Regulatory Reform?, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) conspicuous failures during the financial crisis of 2008 have led many to question the agency’s relevance in the modern financial era. Some commentators have called for the creation of new super-agencies to assume a substantial portion of the SEC’s duties. Others highlight enforcement failures and question the agency’s commitment to its investor protection mission. Despite its recent missteps and persistent calls for regulatory overhaul, the SEC’s future seems secure for now as President Obama’s reform proposals (the “Obama Plan”) as currentlyconceived preserve the agency’s independence. Although thus far the Obama Plan protects the SEC’s …
Back To Basics: Why Financial Regulatory Overhaul Is Overrated, Renee M. Jones
Back To Basics: Why Financial Regulatory Overhaul Is Overrated, Renee M. Jones
Renee Jones
No abstract provided.
Doha, Security And Justice: A Response To Prof. Raj Bhala, Frank Garcia
Doha, Security And Justice: A Response To Prof. Raj Bhala, Frank Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
First Amendment Based Copyright Misuse, David S. Olson
First Amendment Based Copyright Misuse, David S. Olson
David S. Olson
We are at a crossroads with respect to the underdeveloped equitable defense of copyright misuse. The defense may go the way of its sibling, antitrust-based patent misuse, which seems to be in a state of inevitable decline. Or—if judges accept the proposal of this Article—courts could reinvigorate the copyright misuse defense to better protect First Amendment speech that is guaranteed by statute, but that is often chilled by copyright holders misusing their copyrights to control others’ speech. The Copyright Act serves First Amendment interests by encouraging authors to create works. But copyright law can also discourage the creation of new …
First Amendment Interests And Copyright Accomodations, David S. Olson
First Amendment Interests And Copyright Accomodations, David S. Olson
David S. Olson
Copyright law exists to encourage the creation of works of authorship by granting exclusive rights. But copyright’s incentive function seems in tension with the public’s First Amendment interests to use and freely hear copyrighted speech. Conventional wisdom holds, however, that copyright law serves to encourage much more speech than it discourages, and resolves First Amendment concerns with protections internal to copyright law like the fair use defense and the idea/expression dichotomy. This Article argues that the conventional wisdom no longer holds given the unprecedented expansion of copyright’s scope and corresponding drastic diminution of the public domain in the last three …
Challenges Of Implementing Incentive Auctions In Other Economies: A Mexican Perspective, Víctor Pavón-Villamayor
Challenges Of Implementing Incentive Auctions In Other Economies: A Mexican Perspective, Víctor Pavón-Villamayor
Víctor Pavón-Villamayor
No abstract provided.
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression And Consent In Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Frank J. Garcia
Is Free Trade "Free?" Is It Even "Trade?" Oppression And Consent In Hemispheric Trade Agreements, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
In order for free trade as a policy to deliver fully on its social promise, it must be both “free” and “trade.” In fact, it must be free, in the sense of voluntary, to be trade at all. In other words, for normative and practical reasons, free trade requires that global economic relations be structured through agreements which reflect the consent of those subject to them. The neoliberal trading system today only imperfectly lives up to this obligation. In this essay, I will examine the role of consent in trade agreements, drawing on examples from CAFTA as representative of important …
The Integration Of Smaller Economies Into The Ftaa, Frank J. Garcia
The Integration Of Smaller Economies Into The Ftaa, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
The Global Market And Human Rights: Trading Away The Human Rights Principle, Frank J. Garcia
The Global Market And Human Rights: Trading Away The Human Rights Principle, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights In The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Successful Case Of Regional Trade Regulation, Frank J. Garcia
Protection Of Intellectual Property Rights In The North American Free Trade Agreement: A Successful Case Of Regional Trade Regulation, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Decisionmaking And Dispute Resolution In The Free Trade Area Of The Americas: An Essay In Trade Governance, Frank J. Garcia
Decisionmaking And Dispute Resolution In The Free Trade Area Of The Americas: An Essay In Trade Governance, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
The Moral Hazard Problem In Global Economic Regulation, Frank J. Garcia
The Moral Hazard Problem In Global Economic Regulation, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
Global regulation of international business transactions presents a particular form of the moral hazard problem. Global firms use economic and political power to manipulate state and state-controlled multilateral regulation to preserve their opportunity to externalize the social costs of global economic activity with impunity. Unless other actors can effectively counter this at the national and global regulatory levels, globalization re-creates the conditions for under-regulated or “robber baron” capitalism at the global level. This model of economic activity has been rejected at the national level by the same modern democratic capitalist states which currently dominate globalization, creating a crisis of legitimacy …
Building A Just Trade Order For A New Millennium, Frank J. Garcia
Building A Just Trade Order For A New Millennium, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
A "Fair" Trade Law Of Nations Or A "Fair" Global Law Of Economic Relations?, Frank J. Garcia
A "Fair" Trade Law Of Nations Or A "Fair" Global Law Of Economic Relations?, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Trade And Justice: Linking The Trade Linkage Debates, Frank J. Garcia
Trade And Justice: Linking The Trade Linkage Debates, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Review Of Legal Polycentricity And International Law, Frank J. Garcia
Review Of Legal Polycentricity And International Law, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
"Americas Agreements" - An Interim Stage In Building The Free Trade Area Of The Americas, Frank J. Garcia
"Americas Agreements" - An Interim Stage In Building The Free Trade Area Of The Americas, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Introduction -- The Trade Linkage Phenomenon: Pointing The Way To The Trade Law And Global Social Policy Of The 21st Century, Frank J. Garcia
Introduction -- The Trade Linkage Phenomenon: Pointing The Way To The Trade Law And Global Social Policy Of The 21st Century, Frank J. Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Consumidores De Libre Competencia, Críspulo Marmolejo
Consumidores De Libre Competencia, Críspulo Marmolejo
Críspulo Marmolejo
No abstract provided.
Cross Check, Críspulo Marmolejo
La Rebelion De Las Franquicias, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Esq.
La Rebelion De Las Franquicias, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Esq.
Rodolfo C. Rivas
The authors briefly explore the differences between multi-unit franchising (several units of the same franchise) and pluri-franchising (different franchises that may or may not be in direct competition) and look at its pros and cons as well as the legal risks through a few selected case studies./////////////////////////////Los autores exploran brevemente las diferencias entre multifranquicias (varias unidades de la misma franquicia) y plurifranquicias (unidades de diferentes franquicias que pueden o no estar en competencia directa) a través de sus pros y sus contras, así como sus riesgos legales.
Arguing For A Framework Of Consensual Trade Agreements, Frank Garcia
Arguing For A Framework Of Consensual Trade Agreements, Frank Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.
Marca Corporal, Derecho De Propiedad Intelectual (Derecho De Tatuajes), Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Esq.
Marca Corporal, Derecho De Propiedad Intelectual (Derecho De Tatuajes), Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq., Marco A. Vargas Esq.
Rodolfo C. Rivas
The authors go back to the origins of tattoos and trace its way into mainstream pop culture. In doing so, they analyze the legal implications of tattoos relating to IP through various brief case studies.////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////Los autores se remontan a los orígenes de los tatuajes y trazan su camino dentro de la cultura pop. Paralelamente, analizan las implicaciones jurídicas de los tatuajes a través de diversos casos.
The Statistics Tell A Story; An Asian Look At The Evolving Global Textiles & Clothing Trade After Quota Expiry, Umair Ghori
The Statistics Tell A Story; An Asian Look At The Evolving Global Textiles & Clothing Trade After Quota Expiry, Umair Ghori
Umair H. Ghori
Textiles and clothing is a sector of critical importance to developing and least developed countries in terms of employment and export earnings. Majority of these countries are forced to be over-reliant on this sector for lack of better alternatives. With the end of quotas in 2005 and the resulting increase in competition, many countries are facing serious adjustment challenges including preference erosion, loss of market share in the prime export markets of the US and EU, heightened competition from China and other countries possessing comparative advantage in this sector, reduction in average prices of exports (amongst others). There were numerous …
Putting The 'Trade' Back In Free Trade Agreements, Frank Garcia
Putting The 'Trade' Back In Free Trade Agreements, Frank Garcia
Frank J. Garcia
No abstract provided.