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The Shirts On Our Backs: The Rana Plaza Disaster, Interdependence, And The Shifting Locus Of Responsibility, Chios Carmody
The Shirts On Our Backs: The Rana Plaza Disaster, Interdependence, And The Shifting Locus Of Responsibility, Chios Carmody
Law Publications
The Rana Plaza Collapse at Savar, Bangladesh in April 2013 highlighted the immense power of global supply chains both to transform lives and imperil them. In the last decade Bangladesh has become a powerhouse of global garment manufacturing, largely through jobs shed by Chinese manufacturers. In the process, the identifiable nature of garments as a product, characteristics specific to the global garment industry, and growing consumer awareness, have all combined to permit corporate buyers in Europe and North America to dictate industrial standards. This article examines competing legal responses to the disaster as an example of the assumption of a …
Fairness In Wto Law, Chios Carmody
Fairness In Wto Law, Chios Carmody
Law Publications
The idea of fairness is a recurrent one in international economic law and relations. By and large, however, commentators have failed to provide a structured understanding for this vital concept or explain its reflection in legal rules. This article proposes a theory of fairness as part of a broader theory of justice, suggesting that fairness is a part of justice, but not the whole of it. Rather, justice may be thought of as a combination of equality plus fairness (i.e. justice = equality + fairness), with the proviso that in any complex system of legal rules, equality must be greater …
What Is Fairness In Wto Law?, Chios Carmody
What Is Fairness In Wto Law?, Chios Carmody
Law Publications
The idea of fairness is a recurrent one in international economic law and relations. By and large however, commentators have failed to provide a structured understanding of this vital concept or explain its reflection in legal rules. This submission proposes a theory of fairness as part of a broader set of reflections on the nature of fairness in WTO law.