Announcing Publication of "A Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and International Economic Law" (Joel Slawotsky, ed)

 

 I am delighted to announce the availability of a marvelous collection of forward looking essays just published by Edward Elgar as part of its Elgar Research Agendas, and edited by the remarkable Joel Slawotsky (Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel):  A Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and International Economic Law. The Press Release described the work this way:

This innovative Research Agenda examines the transformational changes affecting the global economic architecture, international law, and investment and trade paradigms. Renowned authors discuss and raise insightful questions with respect to a host of topics including: international tribunals, human rights policies, cross-border data flows, trends in the digital economy, WTO reform, sanctions, subsidies, judicialization of global economic governance, the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement, and the re-conceptualization of national security.

 

Contributors include Julien Chaisse, Ru Ding, Yupeng Cheng, Ming Du, Locknie Hsu, Paul B. Stephan, Wei Shen, Leon Trakman, Robert Walters, Juhi Dion Sud, Edwin Vermulst, Sienho Yee, Joel Slawotsky and myself.

The table of contents follow. 

 Contents
Foreword ix
 

Introduction to A Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and
International Economic Law 1
Joel Slawotsky
 

1 Overcoming the human, rights, and the state in human rights 19
Larry Catá Backer
 

2 Digitalization and global power shifts: implications for cross-border data flows and digital FDI 43
Julien Chaisse
 

3 The New Development Philosophy: inspiration for the WTO reform on industrial subsidy rules 83
Ru Ding and Yupeng Cheng
 

4 The dejudicialization of global economic governance: a paradigm shift in international economic law? 107
Ming Du
 

5 Digitalization and its role in international economic law 127
Locknie Hsu
 

6 Conceptualizing national security in an era of transformative technologies and strategic conflict 147
Joel Slawotsky
 

7 The revolt against international tribunals 189
Paul B. Stephan
 

8 Is DEPA a new choice for China in participating in global digital trade governance? 205
Wei Shen
 

9 International commercial arbitration in the digital economy 231
Leon Trakman and Robert Walters
 

10 The ever-expanding action of the EU against subsidies, except its own 249
Juhi Dion Sud and Edwin Vermulst
 

11 Unilateral sanctions: kind and degree; long-arm and strongarm jurisdiction; real intent and “could-be” intent 271
Sienho Yee