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Trade Remedy Laws, Alan O. Sykes
Trade Remedy Laws, Alan O. Sykes
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
This paper is a preliminary draft of a chapter for eventual inclusion in the Handbook of International Economic Law, edited by Andrew T. Guzman and Alan O. Sykes, forthcoming from Edward Elgar Publishing. The chapter is a survey of the law and economics of trade remedy laws, including safeguard actions, antidumping law, and countervailing duty law. It lays out the central legal obligations of the WTO in each subject area, and carefully reviews the pertinent economic commentary, both positive and normative.
Copyright And The Dmca: Market Locks And Technological Contracts, Randal C. Picker
Copyright And The Dmca: Market Locks And Technological Contracts, Randal C. Picker
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
No abstract provided.
Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance Of Life-Life Tradeoffs, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule
Is Capital Punishment Morally Required? The Relevance Of Life-Life Tradeoffs, Cass R. Sunstein, Adrian Vermeule
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
Recent evidence suggests that capital punishment may have a significant deterrent effect, preventing as many eighteen or more murders for each execution. This evidence greatly unsettles moral objections to the death penalty, because it suggests that a refusal to impose that penalty condemns numerous innocent people to death. Capital punishment thus presents a life-life tradeoff, and a serious commitment to the sanctity of human life may well compel, rather than forbid, that form of punishment. Moral objections to the death penalty frequently depend on a distinction between acts and omissions, but that distinction is misleading in this context, because government …
Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home, And The Duty Of Ongoing Design, Randal C. Picker
Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home, And The Duty Of Ongoing Design, Randal C. Picker
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
No abstract provided.
Public Vs. Private Enforcement Of International Economic Law: Of Standing And Remedy, Alan O. Sykes
Public Vs. Private Enforcement Of International Economic Law: Of Standing And Remedy, Alan O. Sykes
Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
This paper develops a positive theory of the rules regarding standing and remedy in international trade and investment agreements. In the investment setting, the paper argues that a central objective of investment treaties is to reduce the risks confronting private investors and thereby to lower the cost of capital for capital importing nations. This objective requires a credible government-to-firm commitment (or signal) that the capital importer will not engage in expropriation or related practices. A private right of action for money damages is the best way to make such a commitment. In the trade setting, by contrast, importing nations have …