|
Book Chapter
|
|
International Action on Bribery and Corruption: Why the Dog Didn’t Bark in the WTO
|
|
Kenneth Abbott and Duncan Snidal
|
The Political Economy of International Trade Law: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Hudec
Daniel L.M. Kennedy & James D. Southwick eds., Cambridge University Press 2002
|
|
|
|
Library Access
|
|
Abstract: Throughout his scholarly career, Robert Hudec has made many important contributions to our understanding of international trade law. Yet none has been so important as his explication of the essential differences between ‘‘law” and ‘‘legal institutions” in the international trade system and their domestic counterparts. ‘‘International trade law” is a distinct institutional form adapted to the particular political context in which it has developed and is applied. Thus, in this volume we are enjoined to explore the political economy of international trade law: how national and international politics are intertwined with economic considerations in this unique set of institutions. We take that line of analysis one step further here by considering the relative effectiveness of alternative institutional arrangements in dealing with the politics of emerging issues on the international trade agenda.
|
|
|