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Author Barrios Villarreal, Andrea, 1981- author.

Title International standardization and the agreement on technical barriers to trade / Andrea Barrios Villarreal
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2018]

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Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; I The International Standardization System; 1 A Brief History of International Standardization; 1.1 The Inventions of the Nineteenth Century and the First Intergovernmental Standardizing Bodies; 1.2 The Electrotechnical Societies and the Creation of the IEC; 1.3 The Interwar Period and the First Wave of National Standards Bodies; 1.4 The Cost of the Second World War and the Creation of ISO; 1.5 The United Nations Era
1.6 Regional Standards Bodies and the Second Wave of National Standards Bodies1.7 The Emergence of Private Standards and Sustainability Standards; 1.8 The International Standardization System Today; 2 The Structure and Operation of International Standardizing Bodies; 2.1 Membership; 2.2 Governance and Structure; 2.3 Standard Development Process; 2.4 Decision-Making; 2.5 Access to Standards; 2.6 Policies for Enhancing the Participation of Developing Countries; 2.7 Transparency; 3 Conclusions; II International Standards as Part of International Law
1 The Place of International Standards in International Law2 Sources of International Law under Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice; 2.1 International Conventions; 2.2 Customary Law; 2.3 General Principles and Judicial Decisions, and the Teaching of the Most Highly Qualified Publicists; 2.4 International Standards as a Traditional Source of International Law; 3 Soft Law; 3.1 International Standards as Soft Law; 4 Global Governance; 5 New Theories in International Law; 5.1 The Global Administrative Law Project; 5.2 The International Public Law Project
5.3 The Informal International Lawmaking Project5.4 The Transnational Private Regulation Project; 6 Conclusions; III Standards from the Economic Perspective; 1 Global Public Goods and International Standards; 1.1 Public Goods; 1.2 Global Public Goods; 1.3 International Standards as Global Public Goods; 2 Classification of Standards from the Economic Perspective; 2.1 Compatibility and Interoperability Standards; 2.2 Safety and Quality Standards; 2.3 Variety Standards; 2.4 Information and Measurement Standards; 3 Regulatory Heterogeneity; 3.1 Structure-Based Standards
3.2 Different Optimal Level of Protection4 The Impact of Standards on Trade; 4.1 Standards as Trade Facilitators or as Trade Barriers; 5 Standards, Innovation and Growth; 6 Harmonization and Mutual Recognition; 6.1 Does Mutual Recognition and Equivalence Promote Trade More than Harmonization?; 7 Conclusions; IV International Standardization under the WTO; 1 The WTO Framework for International Standardization and Its Negotiation History; 1.1 The Nonexistence of International Standardization in the GATT; 1.2 The Standards Code; 1.3 The TBT Agreement
Summary This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the interaction between trade law and international standardization
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Oct. 3, 2018)
Subject Standardization -- Law and legislation.
Foreign trade regulation.
Tariff -- Law and legislation.
LAW -- International.
Foreign trade regulation
Standardization -- Law and legislation
Tariff -- Law and legislation
Form Electronic book
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