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Democracy, Science, And Free Trade: Risk Regulation On Trial At The World Trade Organization, Robert Howse
Democracy, Science, And Free Trade: Risk Regulation On Trial At The World Trade Organization, Robert Howse
Michigan Law Review
Among the most common critiques of globalization is that it increasingly constrains the ability of democratic communities to make unfettered choices about policies that affect the fundamental welfare of their citizens, including those of health and safety, the environment, and consumer protection. Traditionally, free trade rules were about constraining border measures such as tariffs and quantitative restrictions on imports. Increasingly, however, such rules include requirements and constraints addressed directly to domestic regulation. For example, a country's policies with respect to intellectual property rights or its regulatory approach to network industries, such as telecommunications, may now be fundamentally shaped by rules …
Commodifying Justice For Global Free Trade: The Proposed Hague Judgments Convention, Vaughan Black
Commodifying Justice For Global Free Trade: The Proposed Hague Judgments Convention, Vaughan Black
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
A notable omission from the legal apparatus for international free trade is a multilateral agreement on court jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign country judgments. However, negotiations toward such an international convention are in progress. This paper explores the background to those discussions. It examines the current draft of the proposed judgments convention with particular reference to the way in which implementation of that draft would affect Canadians engaged in the practice of international commercial litigation. It concludes with a discussion of current sticking points in the negotiations, and with commentary on the judgment enforcement scene and the implications of failure …