The law, economics and politics of international standardisation /
"In an era of increased reliance on private regulatory bodies and globalised economic activity, standardisation is the field where politics, technical expertise and strategic behaviour meet and interact. International standard-setting bodies exemplify the rise of transnational governance and th...
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2015. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge international trade and economic law
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"In an era of increased reliance on private regulatory bodies and globalised economic activity, standardisation is the field where politics, technical expertise and strategic behaviour meet and interact. International standard-setting bodies exemplify the rise of transnational governance and the challenges that it brings about relating to institutional choice, legitimacy, procedural and substantive fairness or transparency. This book takes a more empirical-based approach focusing on the mechanics of international standard-setting. It constitutes a multidisciplinary inquiry into the foundations of international standard-setting, an empirically under-researched yet important area of international informal lawmaking. Contributors expertly examine the peculiarities of international standardisation in selected issue-areas and legal orders and shed light on the attributes of international standard-setters, allowing comparisons among standard-setting bodies with a view to identifying best practices and improve our understanding about standardisation processes"-- |
Item Description: | "This edited volume is a collection of the papers first presented at an international, multidisciplinary conference on international standardisation that took place in Tilburg, the Netherlands, on 7--8 November 2013 ... organized by the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC)"--ECIP Acknowledgments. |
Carrier Form: | xxv, 491 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781107128330 (hardback) : 1107128331 (hardback) 9781107571945 (paperback) 1107571944 (paperback) |
Index Number: | K3840 |
CLC: | D996-532 |
Call Number: | D996-532/L415/2013 |
Contents: |
International standard-setting -- a multifaceted and evolving area of research -- 1. Standardisation: a developing field of research / International standardisation and the World Trade Organization -- 4. Global food safety standards: the evolving regulatory epistemology at the intersection of the SPS Agreement and the Codex Alimentarius Commission / The politics and dynamics of international and regional standardisation -- 8. The power of the penholder: the missing politics in global regulatory governance analysis / International standardisation and development -- 12. You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! A case-study of ISO 26000 on social responsibility / International standardisation and innovation -- 15. Interoperability standards, patents and competition policy / |