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Public Policy in International Economic Law: The ICESCR in Trade, Finance, and Investment
Diane Desierto
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Description for Public Policy in International Economic Law: The ICESCR in Trade, Finance, and Investment
Hardcover. Wealth creation through trade, finance, and investment often comes at the price of rising inequality for vulnerable groups and individuals. This book examines how states can harmonise the social protection objectives of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights with their international economic treaty obligations. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; LBBM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
States reject inequality when they choose to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), but to date the ICESCR has not yet figured prominently in the policy calculus behind States' international economic decisions. This book responds to the modern challenge of operationalizing the ICESCR, particularly in the context of States' decisions within international trade, finance, and investment. Differentiating between public policy mechanisms and institutional functional mandates in the international trade, finance, and investment systems, this book shows legal and policy gateways for States to feasibly translate their fundamental duties to respect, protect, and fulfil economic, social ... Read more
States reject inequality when they choose to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), but to date the ICESCR has not yet figured prominently in the policy calculus behind States' international economic decisions. This book responds to the modern challenge of operationalizing the ICESCR, particularly in the context of States' decisions within international trade, finance, and investment. Differentiating between public policy mechanisms and institutional functional mandates in the international trade, finance, and investment systems, this book shows legal and policy gateways for States to feasibly translate their fundamental duties to respect, protect, and fulfil economic, social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198716938
SKU
V9780198716938
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Ref
99-4
About Diane Desierto
Dr. Diane A. Desierto is Assistant Professor of Law and ASEAN Law & Integration (ALIC) Co-Director at the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, Adjunct Fellow at the East-West Center USA, and Law Partner at DAPD Law Philippines.
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