New Book Release: International Economic Law - The State and Future of the Discipline

Just a heads up that the book derived from the papers presented at the ASIL-IELG 2006 conference in Bretton Woods, NH (yes, that Bretton Woods!) is now out.

Many of the contributions are from familiar names to this Blog (such as Douglas Arner, Andrea Bjorklund, Karen Bravo, Tomer Broude, Isabella Bunn, Sara Dillon, Tracey Epps, David Gantz, Franklin Gevurtz, Andrew Lang, Andreas Lowenfeld, Rose Ann MacGillivray, Federico Ortino, Matteo Ortino, Colin Picker, Amy Porges, Seema Sapra, Rumu Sarkar, Gregory Shaffer, Joel Trachtman, Elizabeth Trujillo, Emmanuel Voyiakis, Constance Wagner, and Chen-Yu Wang).

Thanks to my co-editors Isabella Bunn and Douglas Arner, and of course to Hart, a wonderfully supportive publisher.

Hart has provided the following details for those wishing to buy the book:

Edited by Colin B Picker, Isabella D Bunn and Douglas W Arner

The volume is organised into three sections, each covering one of the three pillars in the discipline of international economic law: research and scholarship; teaching; and practice/service. It begins with an assessment of the state and future of research in the field, including chapters on questions such as: what is international economic law? Is it a branch of international law or of economic law? How do fields outside of law, such as economics and international relations, relate to international economic law? How do research methodologies influence policy outcomes? The next section looks at the state and future of teaching in the subject. Chapters cover topics such as: how should international economic law be taught, and when and to whom? Should it be taught in different ways in different places? Is the training provided in the law schools suitable for future academics, government officials, or practitioners? How might regional shortcomings in academic resources be addressed? The final section of the book focuses on the state and future of international economic law practice in the Bretton Woods era, including institutional reform. The contributors consider issues such as: what is the nature of international economic law practice? What are the needs of practitioners in government, private practice, international and non-governmental organisations? How can pro-bono service in the field be encouraged? Finally, how have the Bretton Woods institutions adapted to these and other challenges - and how might they better respond in the future?

This book will be of interest to lawyers, economists and other professionals throughout the world- whether in the private, public, academic or non-governmental sectors - seeking both fresh insights and expert assessments in this expanding field. Indeed, the book itself promises to play a role in the next phase of the development of international economic law.

April 08 344pp 9781841137551 £35 US$60

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