Global Justice and International Economic Law

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the economic fairness problems that societies face as they become increasingly interdependent.

Part I. Theorizing Justice in International Economic Institutions: 1. Approaching global justice through human rights: elements of theory and practice Carol C. Gould; 2. Global equality of opportunity as an institutional standard of distributive justice Daniel Butt; 3. Human persons, human rights, and the distributive structure of global justice Robert C. Hockett; 4. Global economic fairness: internal principles Aaron James; Part II. How Justice Gets Done in International Economic Institutions: 5. The conventional morality of trade Chin Leng Lim; 6. The political geography of distributive justice Jeffrey L. Dunoff; 7. Democratic governance, distributive justice and development Chantal Thomas; Part III. Skepticism about the Role of Justice in International Economic Institutions: 8. Global justice and trade Fernando Tesón and Jonathan Klick; 9. Jam tomorrow: a critique of international economic law Barbara Stark; 10. Doing justice: the economics and politics of international distributive justice Joel P. Trachtman.