European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2011

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Topics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Distinguished Essay

      • Karl M. Meessen

      Pages 3-18

   3. Central Bank Challenges in the Global Economy

      • Fabian Amtenbrink

      Pages 19-42

   4. An International Normative Framework for Sovereign Wealth Funds?

      • Ludwig Gramlich

      Pages 43-78

   5. Sovereign Wealth Funds: Market Investors or “Imperialist Capitalists”? The European Response to Direct Investment by Non-EU State-Controlled Entities

      • Heike Schweitzer

      Pages 79-120

   6. The Role of the IMF as a Global Financial Authority

      • Rosa M. Lastra

      Pages 121-136

   7. No Ado About Nothing: Obama’s Trade Policies After 1 Year

      • Andreas Falke

      Pages 137-149

   8. Carbon Capture and Storage from the Perspective of International Law

      • Alexander Proelss, Kerstin Güssow

      Pages 151-168

   9. Biofuels and WTO Law

      • Wolfgang Weiß

      Pages 169-203

   10. Climate Labelling and the WTO: The 2010 EU Ecolabelling Programme as a Test Case Under WTO Law

       • Erich Vranes

       Pages 205-237

   11. Environmental Services and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): Legal Issues and Negotiating Stakes at the WTO

       • Mireille Cossy

       Pages 239-263

   12. European Union Competences and Actions in International Environment Law: Recent Developments and Current Challenges

       • Kirstyn Inglis

       Pages 265-293

3. Regional Integration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295

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   2. The European Union and Regional Trade Agreements: A Case Study of the EU-Korea FTA

      • Colin M. Brown

      Pages 297-308

   3. MENA: The Question of Palestinian Observership and Accession to the WTO

      • Tomer Broude

      Pages 309-325

   4. Integration and Disintegration in North America: The Rise and Fall of International Economic Law in One Region

      • Stephen Clarkson

      Pages 327-343

   5. African Regional Economic Integration: Is the Paradigm Relevant and Appropriate?

      • Colin McCarthy

      Pages 345-368

   6. Regional Integration in Latin America: Some Lessons of 50 Years of Experience

      • Félix Peña

      Pages 369-374

   7. Report on the ASEAN Economic Cooperation and Integration

      • Prasit Aekaputra

      Pages 375-386

Part one of Vol. 2 (2011) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law adresses two major topics of current academic debate and public interest: firstly, it focuses on the State and the Global Economy, secondly, on Climate Change and International Economic Law. Part two contains treatises of recent regional integration developments taking place in the major regions of the world. Part three covers the legal and political developments in the major international organizations and fora dealing with international economic policy making. Part four contains book reviews of recent works in the field of International Economic Law.

• Climate Change
• Global Governance
• International Economic Law
• International Economic Relations
• Regional Trade Agreements

• LS für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht,, Europarecht, Europäisches und, Universität Passau, Passau, Germany

  Christoph Herrmann

• , School of Law, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  Jörg Philipp Terhechte

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