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1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) |
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Assessing the prospects of North American legal harmonization / Matthew T. Simpson -- Thinking about law in North America / H. Patrick Glenn -- The constitutional systems and traditions of North America / James T. McHugh -- Legal integration of NAFTA through supranational adjudication / Jay Westbrook -- Beyond courts : harmonizing practice and principles in North America through investor-state arbitration / Susan Karamanian -- The strong subsidiarity principle under NAFTA law and policy / Arthur Cockfield -- The European Union as a comparative model for North America / Michelle Egan -- Conclusion : the NAFTA region -- a view from the current Mexican agenda / José Antonio Caballero |
| Summary |
The adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] advanced the cause of greater continental cooperation in trade and commerce. It also raised the possibility of even greater cooperation among the three principal countries of this continent. Indeed, since the adoption of NAFTA, in 1994, indications of greater convergence among the people of these three countries have grown, including in terms of values, goals, and expectations. This process is not heading in the same direction as the European Union nor should its institutions seek to emulate that grand and decades-long supranational development. However, the deepening of North American cooperation does offer the prospect of institutional features that would facilitate this evolving relationship and converging identity and advance its economic goals of increasing prosperity, security, and happiness for all of the people of this continent and its countries. The relationship between law and policy is, therefore, unavoidable.<br/> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- North America -- International unification
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Law -- North America
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Legal system: general -- North America.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Law.
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Law
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Law -- International unification
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North America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McHugh, James T., 1961-
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| ISBN |
9781137269508 |
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1137269502 |
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9781349443970 |
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1349443972 |
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