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Trade barriers to the public good : free trade and environmental protection

Title
Trade barriers to the public good : free trade and environmental protection / Alex C. Michalos.
Author
Michalos, Alex C.
Publication
  • Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2008]
  • ©2008

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Description
x, 419 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Alex Michalos illustrates why and how constitutionally protected democratic rights are undermined by trade deals such as the one involving MMT and, failing termination of NAFTA and AIT, recommends precise changes in dispute settlement rules that are needed to protect individuals and the environment."--Amazon.com
Alternative Title
Free trade and environmental protection
Subject
  • Ethyl Corporation > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Ethyl Corporation
  • Nordamerikanische Freihandelszone
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17)
  • Free trade > North America
  • Dispute resolution (Law) > Canada
  • Motor fuel additives industry > Law and legislation > Canada
  • Manganese > Law and legislation > Canada
  • Interstate commerce > Environmental aspects > Canada
  • Free trade > Environmental aspects
  • Free trade > Environmental aspects > Canada > Case studies
  • Free trade > Political aspects > Canada > Case studies
  • Manganese > Environmental aspects > Canada > Case studies
  • Dispute resolution (Law) > North America
  • Dispute resolution (Law)
  • Free trade
  • Trials
  • Umweltschaden
  • Canada
  • North America
  • Kanada
Genre/Form
Trials, litigation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-402) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Philosophical Foundations and Method -- 3. Globalization, Democracy, and Federalism -- 4. Motor Vehicle Technology -- 5. EPA Regulations, Company Tests, Appeals, and Judgments -- 6. Harmonization -- 7. MVMA and AIAMC Report to the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development -- 8. Interim Report and Minority Opinion of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources -- 9. Commercial Arbitration -- 10. Dispute Settlement in the NAFTA and AIT -- 11. Ethyl Corporation's Claims against the Government of Canada under the NAFTA -- 12. Government of Canada's Response to Ethyl's Claims under the NAFTA and Tribunal's Award on Jurisdiction -- 13. Alberta's Claims against the Government of Canada under the AIT -- 14. Claims of the Governments of Quebec and Saskatchewan against the Government of Canada under the AIT -- 15. Government of Canada's Response to Provincial Claims under the AIT -- 16. AIT Report of the Article 1704 Panel -- 17. Conclusion -- Appendices. App. 1. Relevant Parts of the NAFTA -- App. 2. Chronology of the MMT case -- App. 3. Relevant Parts of the AIT -- App. 4. Participants in the AIT Panel Hearings -- App. 5. Copy of Letter from U.S. Corporations to U.S. Trade Representative.
ISBN
  • 9780773533523
  • 0773533524
  • 9780773533806
  • 077353380X
LCCN
2008612781
OCLC
  • ocn184738317
  • 184738317
  • SCSB-8877542
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library