Conflicting Philosophies and International Trade Law Worldviews and the WTO /

• Main Author: Burkard, Michael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Philosophy, Public Policy, and Transnational Law
• Subjects: International organization.; International law.; Trade.; Law and economics.; International Organization.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Law and Economics.

This book reveals how conflicting worldviews are at the root of public controversies on policy and trade issues. It highlights the particularly controversial disputes at the level of the World Trade Organization in the case of regulating beef-hormones and GMOs, aiming to show how negotiators of inte...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Between Positivism And Relativism
• 3. Two Concepts of Reality
• 4. Two Concepts of Risk
• 5. Two Functions of Risk
• 6. The Battle for Agriculture
• 7. A Promise for Objectivity
• 8. The Panel's Positivist Position
• 9. The Appellate Body's Quest for Middle Ground.-10. The Positivist Solution
• 11. The Relativist Response
• 12. A Critical Approach
• 13. Annex: Synopsis of Reform Proposals.