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The law, economics and politics of international standardisation /

"In an era of increased reliance on private regulatory bodies and globalised economic activity, standardisation is the field where politics, technical expertise and strategic behaviour meet and interact. International standard-setting bodies exemplify the rise of transnational governance and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Tilburg Law and Economics Center (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Delimatsis, Panagiotis (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Series:Cambridge international trade and economic law
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/law-economics-and-politics-of-international-standardisation/295F37A700F14EC008BBAA630AFEA84A
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Continuity and change in international standardisation Panagiotis Delimatsis; Part I. International Standard-Setting: A Multifaceted and Evolving Area of Research: 1. Standardisation: a developing field of research Henk de Vries; 2. ISO standards and authoritative collective action: conceptual and normative issues Hans Lindahl; 3. From standards to quality infrastructure: a review of impact studies and an outlook Knut Blind; Part II. International Standardisation and the World Trade Organization (WTO): 4. Global food safety standards: the evolving regulatory epistemology at the intersection of the SPS Agreement and the Codex Alimentarius Commission Alessandra Arcuri; 5. 'Relevant international standards' and 'recognised standardisation bodies' under the TBT Agreement Panagiotis Delimatsis; 6. Technical standard-setting in the financial sector Juan Marchetti; 7. Standardizing trade in services? Petros C. Mavroidis; Part III. The Politics and Dynamics of International and Regional Standardisation: 8. The power of the penholder: the missing politics in global regulatory governance analysis Walter Mattli and Jack Seddon; 9. Between standards and regulation: on the concept of 'de facto mandatory standards' after Tuna II and Fra.bo Harm Schepel; 10. Competition and cooperation in the market of voluntary sustainability standards Axel Marx and Jan Wouters; 11. Harmonizing non-tariff measures: always a blessing? Olivier Cadot, Anne-Celia Disdier and Lionel Fontagne;; Part IV. International Standardisation and Development: 12. You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! A case-study of ISO 26000 on social responsibility Stephanie Bijlmakers and Geert Van Calster; 13. The development dimension of the Codex Alimentarius standard-setting process Awilo Ochieng Pernet; 14. Standards of responsible investment and international investment law Angelos Dimopoulos; Part V. International Standardisation and Innovation: 15. Interoperability standards, patents and competition policy Pierre Larouche and Geertrui Van Overwalle; 16. Standard-setting organisations (SSOs): current policy issues and empirical evidence Neil Gandal and Pierre Re;gibeau; 17. Technical standards and the draft General Data Protection Regulation Eleni Kosta and Kees Stuurman; 18. The law, economics and politics of international standardisation: a future research agenda Panagiotis Delimatsis.