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1 Contents Part I Topics: Critical Perspectives on International Economic Law 1. Foundations Critical Theory and Practice in International Economic Law and the New Global Governance... 3 Sol Picciotto Global Constitutionalism and International Economic Law: The Case of International Investment Law David Schneiderman From Fragmentation to Constitutionalisation of International Economic Law? Comments on Schneiderman s Constitutionalism Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann 2. World Trade Law Trade in Agricultural Products: Should Developing Countries Give Up on the WTO Promise for a Fair and Market-Oriented Agricultural Trading System? A Historical and Theoretical Analysis Melaku Geboye Desta Agricultural Trade: How Bad Is the WTO for Development? Christian Häberli From GATS to TiSA: Pushing the Trade in Services Regime Beyond the Limits Jane Kelsey Trade in Services and Regulatory Flexibility: 20 Years of GATS, 20 Years of Critique Panagiotis Delimatsis v

2 vi Contents The Current System of Trade and Intellectual Property Rights Carlos M. Correa The Current System of Intellectual Property Rights Aims to Promote Trade and Not Innovation Nuno Pires de Carvalho 3. International Investment Law and International Financial Law International Investment Law as Development Law: The Obsolescence of a Fraudulent System Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah Be Careful with What You Wish: Saving Developing Countries from Development and the Risk of Overlooking the Importance of a Multilateral Rule-Based System on Investment in the Twenty-First Century Roberto Echandi Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Conflict, Convergence, and Future Directions Kate Miles In Defense of International Investment Law Stephan W. Schill Shifting Sands: Interrogating the Problematic Relationship Between International Public Finance and International Financial Regulation Celine Tan Problematic Relationships: Why International Economic Law Is Sometimes More Complicated Than It Appears Christian Tietje 4. Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights Regulating Multinational Enterprises Peter Muchlinski Horizontal Effect of Human Rights in the Era of Transnational Constellations: On the Accountability of Private Actors for Human Rights Violations Ibrahim Kanalan Human Rights and International Economic Law Sarah Joseph International Economic Law and Human Rights: Friends, Enemies or Frenemies? Lorand Bartels

3 Contents vii Part II Regional Developments: Focus on Megaregionals and Plurilaterals 1. Perspectives on TPP The United States Path to Concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Will TPA + TAA ¼ TPP? Meredith Kolsky Lewis TPP, Regulatory Coherence and China s Free Trade Strategy from AtoZ Henry Gao The Flow-On Effect: How the TPP Will Re-Shape Trade Relations in East Asia Bryan Mercurio 2. Perspectives on TTIP Investment Protection in TTIP: Three Feasible Proposals Jan Kleinheisterkamp and Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen Six Degrees of Integration: How Closely Will the TTIP Integrate the Transatlantic Market? Simon Lester TTIP and Swiss Democracy Charlotte Sieber-Gasser Locating African Countries within Mega-Regionals Azwimpheleli Langalanga and Peter Draper 3. Other Megaregionals and Plurilaterals The Tripartite Free Trade Area: A Step Closer to the African Economic Community? Vincent Angwenyi Developing and Least-Developed Countries and Mega-Regional Trade and Investment Agreements Emmanuel Opoku Awuku The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA): Assessing the State of Play and Potential Pitfalls Billy A. Melo Araujo Part III International Economic Institutions Overview of WTO Jurisprudence in Jan Bohanes, Alejandro Sánchez, and Alexandra Telychko Recent Developments in International Investment Law Catharine Titi

4 viii Contents Recent Developments in IMF Policies and Activities Ludwig Gramlich The Road Towards Reform of the International Investment Agreement Regime: A Perspective from UNCTAD Elisabeth Tuerk and Diana Rosert Recent Developments in the World Customs Organization Carsten Weerth Part IV Book Reviews Valentina Vadi, Bruno de Witte (Eds.), Culture and International Economic Law Walther Michl Thomas Cottier, Rosa M. Lastra, Christian Tietje, Lucía Satragno (Eds.), The Rule of Law in Monetary Affairs: World Trade Forum Alexander Thiele Karl Sauvant and Federico Ortino, Improving the International Investment Law and Policy Regime: Options for the Future Julien Chaisse Diane Desierto, Public Policy in International Economic Law: The ICESCR in Trade, Finance, and Investment Kholofelo Kugler Juliane Ahner, Investor-Staat-Schiedsverfahren Nach Europäischem Unionsrecht: Zulässigkeit und Ausgestaltung in Investitionsabkommen der Europäischen Union Till Patrik Holterhus Aikaterini Titi, The Right to Regulate in International Investment Law Shotaro Hamamoto

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