Regulating International Business Beyond Liberalization

by Picciotto, Sol; Mayne, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9780312225872
• ISBN10: 0312225873
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-20
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This timely book offers proposals for a new positive regulatory framework for international business aimed at reducing poverty and promoting sustainable developments. It examines the flaws in neo-liberal strategies underpinning the recent phase of globalization, especially the lessons from the MAI. It also explores possible forms of international regulation and suggests concrete policy proposals.

Author Biography

Sol Picciotto is Professor of Law and Director of the Program of International Law and International Relations at Lancaster University.

Ruth Mayne is Policy Advisor for Oxford-GB.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Notes on Contributors	ix
List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction: What Rules for the World Economy?	1	(28)
Sol Picciotto
Part I International Investment Protection and Liberalization
Foreign Direct Investment to Developing Countries	29	(18)
V. N. Balasubramanyam
A Brief History of Business Regulation	47	(13)
Peter Muchlinski
Defending the Legacy of Rio: the Civil Society Campaign against the MAI	60	(22)
Nick Mabey
A Critical Assessment of the MAI	82	(27)
Sol Picciotto
Part II Broadening the Agenda
Implications of the MAI for Use of Natural Resources and Land	109	(17)
Lawrence Tshuma
Improving Investor Accountability	126	(16)
Dominic Ayine
Jacob Werksman
Transfer of Technology and Competition Policy in the Context of a Possible Multilateral Investment Agreement	142	(19)
Pedro Roffe
Stabilizing Capital Flows to Developing Countries: the Role of Regulation	161	(22)
Stephany Griffith-Jones
Jenny Kimmis
Labour Regulation in Internationalized Markets	183	(22)
Bob Hepple
Part III The Interaction of Formal and Informal Regulation
Corporate Codes of Conduct: the Privatized Application of Labour Standards	205	(16)
Neil Kearney
The Role of Voluntary Codes of Conduct and Regulation - a Retailer's View*	221	(14)
Petrina Fridd
Jessica Sainsbury
Regulating TNCs: the Role of Voluntary and Governmental Approaches	235	(22)
Ruth Mayne
Part IV The Politics of Accountability
NGOs, Global Civil Society and Global Economic Regulation	257	(16)
Robert O' Brien
Index	273