Just Trade: A New Covenant Linking Trade and Human Rights - Hardcover

Hernández-Truyol, Berta Esperanza; Powell, Stephen Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814736939 ISBN 13: 9780814736937

Publisher: NYU Press, 2009

Synopsis

Documents Annex: http://www.nyupress.org/justtradeannex/index.html
It is generally assumed that pro-trade laws are not good for human rights, and legislation that protects human rights hampers vibrant international trade. In a bold departure from this canon, Just Trade makes a case for reaching a middleground between these two fields, acknowledging their coexistence and the significant points at which they overlap. Using actual examples from many of the thirty-five nations of the Western Hemisphere, the authors―one a human rights scholar and the other a trade law expert―carefully combine their knowledge to examine human rights policies
throughout the world, never overlooking the very real human rights problems that arise from international trade. However, instead of viewing the two kinds of law as isolated, polar, and sometimes hostile opposites, Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol and Stephen J. Powell make powerful suggestions for how these intersections may be navigated to promote an international marketplace that embraces both liberal trade and
liberal protection of human rights.

About this title

About the Authors

Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol is Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law at Levin College of Law, University of Florida. She is editor of Moral Imperialism: A Critical Anthology (NYU Press).

Stephen Joseph Powell is senior lecturer in law and director of the International Trade Law Program at Levin College of Law, University of Florida. Prior to his arrival at UF, he implemented U.S. trade laws as chief counsel for import administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Edition details

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814736939
• ISBN 13: 9780814736937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416