Title Making and bending international rules : the design of exceptions and escape clauses in trade law / Krzysztof J. Pelc

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 The "Architectural Challenge" of International Rules; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Trade Regime's Architectural Challenge ; 1.3 The Dirty Secret of the Trade Regime; 1.4 The Design of Escape Provisions; 1.5 An Accident of History; 1.6 Overview of Chapters; 2 A Theory of the Design of Flexibility; 2.1 The Debate over Flexibility in International Treaties; 2.2 The Costs of Flexibility; 2.3 Resolving the Architectural Challenge; 2.4 Assessing Theoretical Expectations 3 A Brief Intellectual History of Flexibility in Law3.1 The Universality of Flexibility; 3.2 "Necessity Knows No Law"; 3.3 Changed Circumstances; 4 The Twin GATT Exceptions: Fears and Solutions; 4.1 Article XXI: The GATT Security Exception; 4.2 Article XX: The Value of Constraint; 4.3 Conclusion: Article XXI vs. Article XX; 5 The Evolving Design of Flexibility; 5.1 From Compensation to Contingency; 5.2 What Room for Efficient Breach?; 5.3 Trade Policymakers' Remaining Flexibility Options; 5.4 Flexibility in Preferential Trade Agreements 5.5 A Comparison Case: Flexibility in the Human Rights Regime6 The Bad News; 6.1 Does Flexibility Fuel the Law of Constant Protection?; 6.2 The Empirical Data; 6.3 Flexibility and Unpredictability; 6.3.1 Calculating the Cost of Uncertainty: Findings; 7 The Good News; 7.1 Restraint in Allocation of Flexibility; 7.2 "Country Seeks Credibility": How Governments Choose among Flexibility Options; 8 The Great Recession and Beyond; 8.1 Rules vs. Behavior during the Great Recession; 8.2 What Does the Future Hold?; Bibliography; Index Summary Essential for students and scholars in politics and law, Pelc provides a comprehensive account of the politics of treaty flexibility Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 20, 2016) Subject World Trade Organization. SUBJECT World Trade Organization fast Subject Foreign trade regulation -- Language Foreign trade regulation. LAW -- Military. Foreign trade regulation Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316788158 1316788156 9781316787830 1316787834

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