Science and Technology in International Economic Law: Balancing Competing Interests

ISBN-13: 9780415829960 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 320 str.

Bryan Mercurio; Kuei-Jung Ni

Opis

This text brings together renowned contributors to explore the status and interaction of, and between science, technology and international economic law. The book reviews the place of science and technology in the development of international economic law with a view to seeking a proper balance between promoting trade and investment liberalization and ensuring decisions are based on a sound scientific process and without hampering technological development.

Spis treści

1. The use of Science and Technology in International Economic Law: An Introduction, Bryan Mercurio  Part 1: Trade in Goods: Science and Health Risk  2. Science and the Settlement of Trade Disputes in the WTO, Lukasz Gruszczynski  3. Does Science Speak Clearly and Fairly in the Trade and Food Safety Disputes? The Search for an Optimal Response of WTO Adjudication to Problematic International Standard-Making, Kuei-Jung Ni  Part 2: Trade in Services: Technology  4. The Principle of Technology of Neutrality: A Panacea or a Pandora's Box?, Jia-Xiang Hu  6. Renegotiate the WTO "Schedules of Commitments"?: Technological Development and Treaty Interpretation, Shin-Yi Peng  Part 3: Cross-cutting issues in Trade, Investment, Science and Technology  7. Australia’s Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products: Finding the Science to Ensure Trade Laws Are Not Breached by Health Measures, Andrew Mitchell  8. Science as a Common Proxy for Rational Regulation: The Converging Strands of International Trade and Investment Law, Jürgen Kurtz  9. Climate Change: Trading, Investing and the Interaction of Law, Science and Technology, Kate Miles  Part 4: Trade, Intellectual Property, Science and Technology  10. The International Trade Cat and the Digital Copyright Mouse, Peter K. Yu  11. Ignoring the science: what we know about patents suggests dire consequences from ACTA and the TPPA, Kimberlee Weatherall  Part 5: Science and Technology issues and the Developing World  12. Discretionary Injunctive Relief for Patent Infringement: Partial Remuneration after EBay and Its Implications for the Developing World, Richard Li-dar Wang  13. Science to the Law of Subsidies: An Empirical and Political Analysis of Fisheries International Trade, Debashis Chakraborty, Julien Chaisse, and Animesh Kumar  14. Obligations and Opportunities under Articles 66.1 and 67 TRIPS in View of the Upcoming Expiration of the Extended Transition Period in 2013, Bryan Mercurio

O autorze

Bryan Mercurio is a Professor at the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Kuei-Jung Ni is Professor of Law at the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.