Opportunities for and Limits to an Economic Analysis of International Economic Law
Journal
Transnational Corporations Review
ISSN
1918-6444
ISSN-Digital
1925-2099
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-03
Author(s)
Abstract
The paper investigates the opportunities and the limits of economic analysis in international economic law. Based on a legal theory approach, it highlights the different epistemological statements in law and explores where and how social sciences, and especially economics, may play a role in law-making (external view) and law-application (internal view). International Economic Law is in special need of economic insights (economics as a subject-matter). Economics as a methodology (and its empirical insights) can also be used to explain noneconomic issues in international economic law, such as treaty negotiations. Examples from trade and investment law highlight the need for economic analysis in international economic law as well as its limits.
Language
English
Keywords
International Law
International Trade Law
International Investment Law
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Ottawa United Learning Academy
Publisher place
Ottawa
Volume
3
Number
1
Start page
27
End page
46
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
206302