Home | Databases | WorldLII | Search | Feedback Edited Legal Collections Data

Joseph, Sarah; Kinley, David; Waincymer, Jeff --- "The World Trade Organization and Human Rights" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009) [2009] ELECD 538

Editor(s): Joseph, Sarah; Kinley, David; Waincymer, Jeff

Title: The World Trade Organization and Human Rights

Sub-title: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Topics: International Economics; Human Rights; International Economic Law, Trade Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 28 December 2009

Number of pages: 400

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847206619

EISBN: 9781781953044

Abstract/Description:

This collection of essays from leading academics examines the connection between the World Trade Organization (WTO) and human rights issues, a topic which has provoked significant debate, particularly in the decade since the collapsed WTO talks in Seattle in 1999.

The editors argue that a true appreciation of the salient issues requires consideration of disciplines beyond the law, such as economics, political science and philosophy. This book builds on previous trade/human rights projects by adding that interdisciplinary dimension.

Bringing together trade scholars and human rights scholars from legal and interdisciplinary perspectives, The World Trade Organization and Human Rights will be an invaluable research tool for international scholars in human rights and trade, NGOs in the development sector and human rights, trade organizations and trade practitioners.