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Hard choices, soft law - Voluntary standards in global trade, environment and social governance

Author
Kirton J.J., Trebilcock M.J. (eds.)
Date
2004
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-073231)
Publisher | Place of publication
Ashgate Publishing | Aldershot, UK
ISBN
0 7546 0966 9
Pages
390 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Environment gen., Forestry
Keyword
Self-regulation Standards Sustainable development Soft law International trade Forest management/forest conservation
Abstract

Contents: (1) Introduction: Hard choices and soft law in sustainable global governance (2) Setting standards for sustainable forestry. Nonstate global governance: Is forest certification a legitimate alternative to a global forest convention? (3) The forest stewardship council: A developing country perspective (4) Indigenous rights and forest certification in British Columbia (5) Setting standards for labour: Codes of corporate conduct and the labour regulatory state in developing countries (6) Standard setting at the International Labour Organization: The case of precarious employment (7) Hard law or soft law: India and international labour standards (8) Trade policy and labour standards: Objectives, instruments and institutions (9) Creating codes of corporate responsibility: Corporate social responsibility and the evolution of international norms (10) The role of nongovernmental organizations and social movements in developing countries (11) Multinational corporations, globalization and the challenge of self-regulation (12) Canadian corporate responsibility in Sudan: Why Canada backed down (13) International institutions and soft law: The World Trade Organization , the North American Free Trade Agreement and the challenge of sustainable development (14) Integrating environment and labour into the World Trade Organization (15) The future of the world trading system: Beyond Doha (16) Enhancing global governance: Corporate social responsibility and the international trade and investment framework (17) A corporate perspective on globalization sustainable development and soft law (18) Terminating agricultural biotechnology? Hard law, voluntary measures and the life sciences industry (19) Hard and soft law in international institutions: Complements, not alternatives