Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
International trade has posed national and international regulators with new challenges. Above all, international trade conflicts often revolve around goods and services which might pose risks to individual consumers and to the environment. Looking specifically, though not exclusively at the work of the European Union, this books brings together political scientists, sociologists and lawyers, as well as practitioners within the field of regulation, in order to investigate how such risks are currently regulated and how they might be better regulated in the future.
Synopsis
The trade conflicts that the EU has faced within the EU or WTO context demonstrate that the question of how to balance trade and other societal values in situations of uncertainty has not been solved by the regulatory model evolved by the EU in the aftermath of the BSE crisis - one which privileges processes of depoliticisation and scientification. This book addresses the current key dilemmas around science, law and the regulation of trade, both on a regime level and in the context of particular industrial sectors, e.g pharmaceuticals, climate change and nanotechnology. It will present possible future research avenues by looking at both theory and practice and learning from various disciplines (law and social sciences), legal realities (WTO, USA and EU) and actors (regulators, stakeholders, courts).