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Legal Services And The Doha Round Dilemma, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
Legal Services And The Doha Round Dilemma, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
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This article examines the nexus between two international topics, namely, trade negotiations, and regulation of the cross-border practice of law. Admittedly, this nexus is not found at a conventional crossroads. Legal services lie somewhat at the periphery of international trade measured in terms of the global value of goods, services and investment used to define major international economic relationships, or to define priorities in the formulation of national and transnational economic policies. Moreover, trade negotiators hardly figure amongst the principal regulators having responsibility for the professional conduct of individuals and firms engaged in the practice of law.
Notwithstanding the somewhat …