Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations 60

 

Legal Perspectives

in a Global Business Environment

 

Editor: Roger Blanpain

 

Guest Editor: Boel Flodgren

 

Contributors:

 

Manzoor Ahmad

Jeff Atik

Roger Blanpain

Michael Bogdan

Cécile Brokelind

Marie-France Houde

Pär Olof Johannesson

David Kennedy

Peter Landelius

Hans Henrik Lidgard

Jonas Malmberg

Christina Moëll

Søren Mandrup Petersen

Christina Ramberg

Lynn Roseberry

Eric Runesson

Tore Wiwen-Nilsson

 



Table of Contents

Introduction                                                                                             i    

List of Contributors                                                                             xii

 

1.            Challenging Expert Rule: The Politics of Global

Governance                                                                                1

David Kennedy

2.            Regional Agreements as Political Instruments for

Globalization                                                                           30

Peter Landelius

3.                  International Development Aid in the Legal Field

as a Vehicle for  Globalization of Law                                         41

Michael Bogdan

4.         Trade Facilitation and the World Trade Organization                 48

Manzoor Ahmad

5.            Facilitating Compulsory Licensing Under TRIPS in

Response to the AIDS Crisis in Developing Countries                     53

Hans Henrik Lidgard & Jeff Atik

6.            Commercial and Development Policy-Rules of Origin

as Strategic Tools                                                             72

Christina Moëll

7.         Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment in International

Investment Law                                                                       75

Mari-France Houde

8.         Public-Private Partnerships: An International Trend

Challenging Existing Legal Frameworks                            103

Tore Wiwen-Nilsson

9.            Contractual Aspects on Supply Chain Alignment -

Post Merger and Acquisition Integration in a

Global Corporate Matrix                                                  110

Pär Olof Johannesson

10.            International Contracts- Harmonization of Commercial

Law by Conventions, Soft Law and Individual Contracts            122

Christina Ramberg

11.       The Evolution of International Income Tax Law Applied

to Global Trade                                                                127

Cécile Brokelind

12.              The Role of Codes of Conduct in Monitoring

Multinational Corporate Behaviour                                            144

Roger Blanpain

13.             Promoting Fair Labour Standards in a Globalized Economy:

The Need for a Multi-Track Approach                                162

Jonas Malmberg

14.       Labour versus the World Trade Organization: The Clash

            Between Economic, International Law and Labour Law

            Theories                                                                                  174

Lynn Roseberry

15.            Partnering for Development: The Private Sector as a

Precondition for Reaching the Millennium Development

Goals                                                                                       196

Søren Mandrup Petersen

16.            Opening a Window for Alternative Dispute Resolution

in International Trade                                                               205

Eric Runesson