Product Line | Kluwer Law International |
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Product SKU | 10059223-0001 |
ISBN-13 | 9789041134271 |
Availability | Ships in 3-5 Business Days |
Last Updated | 2012-03-3 |
There can be little doubt that a group of prominent and influential organizations lie at the heart of international economic law (IEL). These include the Bretton Woods institutions, regional development banks and economic organizations, and various specialized global institutions primarily active in norm generation. This volume possesses the unique distinction of presenting the perspectives – both institutional and personal – of legal counsels in some key international economic organizations regarding their work and the role of law within the framework of their organizations, with particular attention to the conditions within which they can optimally contribute to the development of IEL. This last consideration is emphasized in three ‘external’ academic perspectives that focus mainly on what the role of counsels in international economic organizations ought to be. Each first-hand perspective focuses on counsel’s involvement in such aspects of IEL as the following:
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Part I Introduction
Introduction and Overview Asif H. Qureshi & Xuan Gao
Chapter 1 The Legal Counsel as the ‘Persona of Law’ in an International Economic Organization: A Constitutional Perspective Asif H. Qureshi
Part II Bretton Woods Institutions
Chapter 2 The Role of Law – and Lawyers – in the International Monetary Fund Sean Hagan
Chapter 3 The Institutional and Intellectual Role of the General Counsel: Perspectives from the World Bank Anne-Marie Leroy
Chapter 4 ‘Down to Business’: The Role of Law and Lawyers at the World Trade Organization Yves Renouf
Part III Specialized Institutions
Chapter 5 Taking Account of Human Values in the International Economic Legal Order: Law and the Legal Counsel in the International Labour Organization Janelle M. Diller
Chapter 6 The Role and Contribution of the Legal Counsel to Decision-Making and the Development of International Economic Law: The Case of the World Intellectual Property Organization Edward Kwakwa
Chapter 7 The Legal Counsel and Law in a sui generis International Organization: Some Personal Views on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Its Legal Counsel Nicola Bonucci
Part IV Regional Development Banks and Specialized Lending Agencies
Chapter 8 The General Counsel as a Transactional Lawyer: Structuring the Commitments to Replenish the Resources of the International Fund for Agricultural Development Rutsel Silvestre J. Martha
Chapter 9 The Role of the General Counsel: The African Development Bank Perspective Kalidou Gadio
Chapter 10 Assessing Commercial Laws to Foster Reforms: An Insight into the Legal Work of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Michel Nussbaumer & Frederique Dahan
Chapter 11 Legal Counsel, Legal Analysis, and Legal Limits: The Role of Law and Lawyers in the Asian Development Bank John W. Head
Chapter 12 The Replenishments of the Asian Development Fund: Institutional Development in the Asian Development Bank and the Role of the Legal Counsel in Resource Mobilization Gerd Droesse
Part V Regional Economic Organizations
Chapter 13 A World Wide Web of Law(yers): The Lawyer Function Catalysing and Mediating Change in International Economic Relations – The EU Experience James Flett
Chapter 14 The Role of the European Free Trade Association Secretariat and Select Legal Aspects of EFTA Free Trade Agreements Roger Gschwend & Pietro Poretti
Part VI The External Perspective: Theory
Chapter 15 Multilateral Economic Organizations and Legal Professional Ethics Priscilla Schwartz
Chapter 16 The Role of the Legal Counsel and Law in the Proposed United Nations Global Economic Coordination Council: A Reflexive Approach towards Policy Coordination Cecilia J. Flores Elizondo
Selected Bibliography
Index
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