Emerging Powers, Global Justice and International Economic Law
Reformers of an Unjust Order?
Authors: Buser, Andreas
Free Preview- Provides the first normative evaluation of emerging powers influence on international economic law
- Builds bridges between jurisprudence, international relations, and political philosophy
- Provides numerous findings relevant for both scholars and practitioners
- Assesses the dynamics between power and law
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- About this book
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The book assesses emerging powers’ influence on international economic law and analyses whether their rhetoric of reforming this ‘unjust’ order translates into concrete reforms. The questions at the heart of the book surround the extent to which Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa individually and as a bloc (BRICS) provide alternative regulatory ideas to those of ‘Western’ States and whether they are able to convert their increased power into influence on global regulation. To do so, the book investigates two broader case studies, namely, the reform of international investment agreements and WTO reform negotiations since the start of the Doha Development Round. As a general outcome, it finds that emerging powers do not radically challenge established law. ‘Third World’ rhetoric mostly does not translate into practice and rather serves to veil economic interests. Still, emerging powers provide for some alternative regulatory ideas, already leading to a diversification of international economic law. As a general rule, they tend to support norms that allow host States much policy space which could be used to protect and fulfil socio-economic human rights, especially – but not only – in the Global South.
- About the authors
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Andreas Buser is Researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction: The Crisis of International Law and the Role of Emerging Powers
Pages 1-5
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Emerging Powers and the International Order: Outline
Pages 7-45
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Hegemony, Power and International Law
Pages 47-138
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Global Justice and International Economic Law
Pages 139-190
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Emerging Powers and International Investment Agreements
Pages 191-269
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Emerging Powers, Global Justice and International Economic Law
- Book Subtitle
- Reformers of an Unjust Order?
- Authors
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- Andreas Buser
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-63639-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-63639-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-63638-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 423
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations
- Topics