
Making and Bending International Rules
The Design of Exceptions and Escape Clauses in Trade Law
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Making and Bending International Rules
The Design of Exceptions and Escape Clauses in Trade Law
About this book
All treaties, from human rights to international trade, include formal exceptions that allow governments to legally break the rules that they have committed to, in order to deal with unexpected events. Such institutional 'flexibility' is necessary, yet it raises a tricky theoretical question: how to allow for this necessary flexibility, while preventing its abuse? Krzysztof J. Pelc examines how designers of rules in vastly different settings come upon similar solutions to render treaties resistant to unexpected events. Essential for undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars in political science, economics, and law, the book provides a comprehensive account of the politics of treaty flexibility. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, its multi-disciplinary approach addresses the paradoxes inherent in making and bending international rules.
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Table of contents
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The āArchitectural Challengeā of International Rules
- 2 A Theory of the Design of Flexibility
- 3 A Brief Intellectual History of Flexibility in Law
- 4 The Twin GATT Exceptions: Fears and Solutions
- 5 The Evolving Design of Flexibility
- 6 The Bad News
- 7 The Good News
- 8 The Great Recession and Beyond
- Bibliography
- Index