INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW (Hardcover)

Contents: Part I General Principles of International trade: Is free trade passe, Paul R. Krugman; The case for free trade, Michael J. Trebilcock. Part II Trade Politics: The Theory of Rent Seeking: The political economy of the rent-seeking society, Anne O. Krueger; Directly unproductive, profit-seeking (DUP) activities, Jagdish N. Bhagwati. Part III Trade Policies in Action: Liberalism or Protectionism?: The political economy of trade: institutions of protection, Judith Goldstein; The political economy of administered protection, J.M. Finger, H. Keith Hall and Douglas R. Nelson; The trading nation's dilemma: the functions of the law of international trade, Kenneth W. Abbott. Part IV Design and Implementation of the Trade Laws: Protectionism as a 'safeguard': a positive analysis of the GATT 'escape clause' with normative speculations, Alan O. Sykes; The meaning of 'subsidy' and 'injury' in the countervailing duty law, Charles J. Goetz, Lloyd Granet and Warren F. Schwartz; Antidumping laws as barriers to trade - the United States and the international anti-dumping code, John J. BarcelA³ III; An economic analysis of dumping, Richard D. Boltuck; The economics of 'injury' in antidumping and countervailing duty cases: a reply to Professor Sykes, Ronald A. Cass and Michael S. Knoll. Part V The Institutions of International Trade Law: Do we need the WTO?, Douglas A. Irwin; Transcending the ostensible: some reflections on the nature of litigation between governments, Robert E. Hudec; The WTO 'constitution' and proposed reforms: 7 mantras revisited, John H. Jackson; The World Trade Constitution, John O. McGinnis and Mark L. Movsesian; Name index.