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Optimal regulation and the law of international trade : the interface between the right to regulate and WTO law

"Are the limitations imposed on World Trade Organization (WTO) members' right to regulate efficient? This is a question that is only scarcely, if ever, analysed in existing literature. Boris Rigod aims to provide an answer to this fundamental concern. Using the tools of economic analysis a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rigod, Boris
Format: Printed Book
Published: UK, Cambridge, 2015.
Series:Cambridge international trade and economic law
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Foreword Petros C. Mavroidis; Introduction; Law and economics in a nutshell; Part I. Optimal Regulation and International Trade Law - Theory: 1. Introduction to Part I; 2. Optimal regulation; 3. Deviations from optimal regulation; 4. Deviations from optimal regulation and the role of international trade agreements; 5. Conclusion to Part I; Part II. Optimal Regulation and International Trade Law - Application: 6. Introduction to Part II; 7. Domestic regulation and the GATT; 8. Domestic regulation and the TBT Agreement; 9. Domestic regulation and the SPS; 10. Conclusion to Part II.