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Hard Choices, Soft Law : Voluntary Standards in Global Trade, Environment and Social Governance.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Global Environmental Governance SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (391 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351931649
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hard Choices, Soft LawDDC classification:
  • 343.07
LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 .H373 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction: Hard Choices and Soft Law in Sustainable Global Governance -- PART I: SETTING STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY -- 2 Non-state Global Governance: Is Forest Certification a Legitimate Alternative to a Global Forest Convention? -- 3 The Forest Stewardship Council: A Developing Country Perspective -- 4 Indigenous Rights and Forest Certification in British Columbia -- PART II: SETTING STANDARDS FOR LABOUR -- 5 Codes of Corporate Conduct and the Labour Regulatory State in Developing Countries -- 6 Standard Setting at the International Labour Organization: The Case of Precarious Employment -- 7 Hard Law or Soft Law: India and International Labour Standards -- 8 Trade Policy and Labour Standards: Objectives, Instruments, and Institutions -- PART III: CREATING CODES OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY -- 9 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Evolution of International Norms -- 10 The Role of Nongovernmental Organisations and Social Movements in Developing Countries -- 11 Multinational Corporations, Globalisation, and the Challenge of Self-Regulation -- 12 Canadian Corporate Responsibility in Sudan: Why Canada Backed Down -- PART IV: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SOFT LAW -- 13 The World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Challenge of Sustainable Development -- 14 Integrating Environment and Labour into the World Trade Organization -- 15 The Future of the World Trading System: Beyond Doha -- 16 Enhancing Global Governance: Corporate Social Responsibility and the International Trade and Investment Framework -- 17 A Corporate Perspective on Globalisation, Sustainable Development, and Soft Law.
18 Terminating Agricultural Biotechnology? Hard Law, Voluntary Measures, and the Life Sciences Industry -- 19 Hard and Soft Law in International Institutions: Complements, Not Alternatives -- Index.
Summary: An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction: Hard Choices and Soft Law in Sustainable Global Governance -- PART I: SETTING STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY -- 2 Non-state Global Governance: Is Forest Certification a Legitimate Alternative to a Global Forest Convention? -- 3 The Forest Stewardship Council: A Developing Country Perspective -- 4 Indigenous Rights and Forest Certification in British Columbia -- PART II: SETTING STANDARDS FOR LABOUR -- 5 Codes of Corporate Conduct and the Labour Regulatory State in Developing Countries -- 6 Standard Setting at the International Labour Organization: The Case of Precarious Employment -- 7 Hard Law or Soft Law: India and International Labour Standards -- 8 Trade Policy and Labour Standards: Objectives, Instruments, and Institutions -- PART III: CREATING CODES OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY -- 9 Corporate Social Responsibility and the Evolution of International Norms -- 10 The Role of Nongovernmental Organisations and Social Movements in Developing Countries -- 11 Multinational Corporations, Globalisation, and the Challenge of Self-Regulation -- 12 Canadian Corporate Responsibility in Sudan: Why Canada Backed Down -- PART IV: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SOFT LAW -- 13 The World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the Challenge of Sustainable Development -- 14 Integrating Environment and Labour into the World Trade Organization -- 15 The Future of the World Trading System: Beyond Doha -- 16 Enhancing Global Governance: Corporate Social Responsibility and the International Trade and Investment Framework -- 17 A Corporate Perspective on Globalisation, Sustainable Development, and Soft Law.

18 Terminating Agricultural Biotechnology? Hard Law, Voluntary Measures, and the Life Sciences Industry -- 19 Hard and Soft Law in International Institutions: Complements, Not Alternatives -- Index.

An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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