International Economic Law and National Autonomy

Meredith Kolsky Lewis is a Senior Lecturer at the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law (NZCIEL). She has previously worked as a senior associate practising litigation and international trade with Shearman and Sterling LLP in Washington, DC, and Tokyo. Susy Frankel is a Professor of Law at the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law (NZCIEL). In addition to her academic position, Susy is Chair of the Copyright Tribunal (NZ) and an Independent Hearings Officer for the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand.

Part I. International Economic Law: Conceptions of Convergence and Divergence: 1. The end of the globalization debate - continued Robert Howse; 2. Global economic institutions and the autonomy of development policy: a pluralist approach Yuka Fukunaga; 3. Fragmentation, openness, and hegemony: adjudication and the WTO Jason Beckett; Part II. WTO Treaty Interpretation: Implications and Consequences: 4. Demanding perfection: private food standards and the SPS Agreement Tracey Epps; 5. Eroding national autonomy from the TRIPS Agreement Susy Frankel; 6. The WTO and RTAs: a 'bottom-up' interpretation of RTAs' autonomy over WTO law Alberta Fabbricotti; 7. 'Gambling' with sovereignty: complying with international obligations or upholding national autonomy Henning Grosse Ruse-Kahn; Part III. Responding to International Economic Law Commitments: 8. Safety standards and indigenous products: what role for traditional knowledge? Meredith Kolsky Lewis; 9. The GATS and temporary migration policy Rafael Leal-Arcas; 10. A different approach to the external trade requirement of GATT Article XXIV: assessing 'other regulations of commerce' in the context of EC enlargement and its heightened regulatory standards Pinar Artiran; Part IV. Transformations in International Economic Law: 11. Foreign investors vs. sovereign states: towards a global framework, BIT by BIT Ko-Yung Tung; 12. What about the people? How GATS Mode 4 transforms national regulation of temporary migration for remittances in poor countries Jane Kelsey; 13. Reconceptualising international investment law: bringing the public interest into private business Kate Miles.