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- Uses epistemological concepts to address deadlocked problems in international law, offering an interdisciplinary perspective that combines political economy, international trade law, and philosophy
- Addresses controversies of the World Trade Agreement around the SPS Agreement on food safety and animal and plant health measures as a case study of international decision-making
- Speaks to negotiators, members of dispute settlement bodies, policy makers, and scholars interested in new approaches for mitigating increased tensions in international law
- Reflects on the symbiotic relationship between scientific discovery and economic progress which emerged in the Age of Enlightenment and is anew challenged by populist Romanticism
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law (PPPTL)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Being Determines Consciousness
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Front Matter
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The Science-Based Approach of the SPS Agreement in Particular
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Future Prospects for Regulation
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Michael Burkard
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Conflicting Philosophies and International Trade Law
Book Subtitle: Worldviews and the WTO
Authors: Michael Burkard
Series Title: Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61067-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61066-5Published: 27 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86995-7Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61067-2Published: 17 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-2371
Series E-ISSN: 2946-238X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 442
Topics: International Organization, International Economic Law, Trade Law, Law and Economics