INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW 2008 AGI-Information Management Consultants May be used for personal purporses only or by libraries associated to dandelon.com network. BY ' ASIF H. QURESHI Professor of International Economic Law School of Law University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Barrister Quadrant Chambers Fleet Street London, UK Editor-in-Chief Manchester Journal of International Economic Law ' " AND ANDREAS R. ZIEGLER Professor Faculty of Law and Criminal Justice University of Lausanne, Switzerland LONDON SWEET & MAXWELL 2007
CONTENTS Foreword to the First Edition ' v Foreword to the Second.Edition vii Preface, ix Table of Cases xv Table of Treaties xvii Table of Abbreviations " '... xxvii, PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW 1. Nature and Sources of International Economic Law 3 Introduction. 3 Denning International Economic Law 7 The nature of International Economic Law 16 Sources of International Economic Law. 18 The participants and their role in the development of IEL 36 2. Economic Sovereignty., 43 Introduction.' ' ' 43 Economic sovereignty " ' 44 The internal domain, of economic sovereignty 51 The external domain of economic sovereignty 60 3. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in the Economic Sphere 77 Generally.. 77 Specifically - 83 Responses to extraterritorial exercises of jurisdiction - 99 4. Relationship between National and International Economic Law 101 Introduction ;.101 Formulation and implementation processes '. 102 Legal'scrutiny 109
Xll CONTENTS PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY LAW 5. International Monetary Law and the IMF 121 The role of law > 121 Learning, international monetary law 127 International monetary problems 128 Sources of international monetary law 132 Institutional aspects of the IMF 135 Interpretation and dispute settlement 146 Enforcement generally ' 150 Relations with other international organisations 151 6. The Regulation of the External Value of Money., ' t, 155' Generally,,." ~ 155' The discretionary system of exchange rates under the'imf 157 Implementation j i ' -160 Conclusion ' 168 7. The Code for a Multilateral.System of Payments 169 Introduction 169 The multilateral system of payments under Article VIII 172 The transitional regime '.,. " ' ' 179 Exchange restrictions and national security 181 The regulation of capital movements '.:' ' 182 Implementation ' 185 8. International Liquidity and the SDR, ' ' ' 191 Introduction ' 191 The Special Drawing Right " ',.. ' 193 Success of the SRD? ' ' ' 199 9. Balance of Payments Adjustment and IMF Resources 201 Introduction ' 201 Balance of payments problem, 201 Financing for balance of payments disequilibrium., ' 205 The role of Conditidnality ' 207 The operation of the General Resources Account.; > 210 The regular facilities 214 Special facilities.. 216 Concessional facilities'.. - 217 Debt reduction assistance.. 2-18" 10. Legal Characterisations and Nature of IMF Conditionality 223 Introduction..... 223 Legal characterisation of the underlying transaction 1 accompanying IMF Conditionality 224 The nature of Conditionality 238
CONTENTS Xlll Doctrine of ultra vires and f the principle of detourriement de. pouvoir \. ' 255. : ; Enforcement machinery,for,conditionally '.. 258 t - '.. * -. ' PART THREE: INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW.'. 11. International Trade Law and the WTO '.(. 267 The role of law. ' 267 International.trade problems.. i 270 The WTO institutional aspects '. > 274 Regional agreements 291 12. The WTO Code of Conduct ' ' '' '" 293 Introduction 293 The framework of the WTO code ' ' :. 297 The liberisation of international trade in goods ' 299 The liberisation of international trade in services 332 Trader related aspects >of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) ' 338 The challenges ahead 340 13. Enforcement of.the. WTO Code of Conduct ' ' '' :.. 343 Introduction / _ * 343 Dispute settlement.,''.-.'.,, ; 343 Appellate system _, 361 The Trade Policy Review Mechanism '. * 380 PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL LAW RELATING TO FACTOR MOVEMENT 14. International Investment Law l 399 Generally 399 Treatment and protection 402 Internationalism of investment contracts 410 Bilateral investment treaties 412 The World Bank Guidelines 415 Attempts for a multilateral investment agreement 418 ICSID.. 4 2 6 MIGA and other investment guarantee schemes 431 15. International Movement of Labour and Labour Standards 437 Generally., 437 Movement of labour 438 Trade, investment and labour movements 441 Harmonisation of labour law and social standards 443 Trade, investment and social standards 446
XIV CONTENTS 16. International Relief from Double Taxation 451 Introduction- 451 International Fiscal La\y and double taxation relief.,451 The problem of double taxation, 458 Systems for relieving double taxation ' ' '.'. 460 Methods of relieving double taxation 462 Enforcement of double taxation relief and co-operation in fiscal,matters 474 The UN and international co-operation in tax matters 479 Conclusion.. 483 PART FIVE: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW 17. Internationa] Development Law 487 Introduction, ' 487 Fundamental concepts and principles 491 18. International Development Assistance and the World.Bank Group 507 Generally. 507 World Bank'Group. 511 The functions of the World Bank Group 513 Institutional aspects of the World Bank Group 515 The financial operations of the World Bank Group. 522 The IBRD and the IDA 523 IFC, ' ' ' 532 Index ' " ' " '... 537