Labour Standards in International Economic Law

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 Labour Standards in International Economic Law: An Introduction  (Henner Gött)....Pages 1-8
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
 International Economic and Social Dimensions: Divided or Connected?  (Peter-Tobias Stoll)....Pages 11-35
 The ILO’s Mandate and Capacity: Creating, Proliferating and Supervising Labour Standards for a Globalized Economy  (Claire La Hovary)....Pages 37-55
 Why the Shift from International to Transnational Law Is Important for Labour Standards  (Anne Trebilcock)....Pages 57-65
Front Matter ....Pages 67-67
 The Implications of EC – Seal Products for the Protection of Core Labour Standards in WTO Law  (Thomas Cottier)....Pages 69-92
 The WTO and Child Labour: Implications for the Debate on International Constitutionalism  (Franziska Humbert)....Pages 93-111
 Labour Standards and Trade: Need We Choose Between ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Sustainable Development’?  (Tonia Novitz)....Pages 113-134
 Civil Society Meetings in EU Free Trade Agreements: The Purposes Unravelled  (Jan Orbie, Lore Van den Putte, Deborah Martens)....Pages 135-152
 Comparative Conclusions on Arbitral Dispute Settlement in Trade-Labour Matters Under US FTAs  (Patrick Abel)....Pages 153-184
 An Individual Labour Complaint Procedure for Workers, Trade Unions, Employers and NGOs in Future Free Trade Agreements  (Henner Gött)....Pages 185-209
 Implications of CETA and TTIP on Social Standards  (Reingard Zimmer)....Pages 211-231
 Mainstreaming Investment-Labour Linkage Through ‘Mega-Regional’ Trade Agreements  (Henner Gött, Till Patrik Holterhus)....Pages 233-271
 Labour Standards and the World Bank. Analysing the Potential of Safeguard Policies for Protecting Workers  (Franz Christian Ebert)....Pages 273-304
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 Soft Standards and Hard Consequences: Why Transnational Companies Commit to Respect International Labour and Social Standards, and How This Relates to Business and Regulation  (Katja Gehne)....Pages 307-317
 The Promotion of Labour Standards Through International Framework Agreements  (Rüdiger Krause)....Pages 319-339
 Transnational Labour Litigation: The Ups and Downs Under the Alien Tort Statute  (Anja Seibert-Fohr)....Pages 341-354
 Promoting Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains Through Consumers’ Choice: Is Social Labelling Effective?  (Nazli Aghazadeh)....Pages 355-378
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 A Model Labour Chapter for Future EU Trade Agreements  (Peter-Tobias Stoll, Henner Gött, Patrick Abel)....Pages 381-430