Regional and Global Regulation of International Trade

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The processes of legal and economic integration at a regional and global scale have created powerful legal and economic dilemmas. They challenge the paradigms of constitutionalism, including the State's monopoly of constitutionalism, the autonomy of national political communities and the traditional forms of participation and representation. The phenomena of globalization and regional forms of governance have promoted the inter-dependence of national political communities and destroyed the artificial boundaries upon which national constitutional democracies are found and from which they derive their legitimacy. Furthermore, it is inevitable that the development of international trade and economic integration will raise claims for some form of global distributive justice to complement the wealth maximization arising from free trade. The essays in this collection, written by leading scholars in international trade law, argue the pros and cons of greater regional and global regulation. They conclude that whatever the final framework for international trade, the critical decisions about institutional form and content will be decided in an emerging global political arena.

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The thirteen essays of this volume amount to a refreshing, frequently engaging, contribution to trade law scholarshipsthere is a great deal to be welcomed in this bookby engaging with China, India and ASEAN, its coverage is broader than most comparable text. -- Navrag Singh Ghaleigh * Yearbook of European Law 22 *

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Francis Snyder is Visiting Professor, (formerly Centennial Professor) in the Law Department at the LSE, Professeur des Universits and Professor of Public Law at the Universit Paul Czanne Aix-Marseille III and Guest Professor at Peking University Law School.