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The utilisation of agenda-setting power in the multilateral trading system's evolution from 'negative' to 'positive' integration
(Barataria, 2011)
This paper contends that the construction of a globalised intellectual property rights regime (TRIPs) within
the World Trade Organization (WTO) was emblematic of the shift from ‘negative’ to ‘positive’
integration, which ...
The TRIPs agreement: A test of the WTO's legitimacy?
(University of Limerick, Department of Politics and Public Administration, 2010)
This paper examines the issue of legitimacy in international public law
and its application to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO)
agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights
(TRIPs). Since the ...
Review of 'The nation-state in transformation: economic globalisation, institutional mediation and political values, edited by Michael Boss.' (Pre-published version)
(Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2011)
This insightful, hugely diverse, and highly informative volume seeks to adopt a comparative approach principally to Denmark and Ireland, two small states that, prior to the onset of the 2008 global economic crisis, were ...
The role of trade and the WTO in ensuring food security
(Trócaire, 2010)
This article seeks to examine the role of trade and specifically that of the WTO (World Trade Organization) in ensuring, or otherwise, food security and fulfilling one of the Millennium Development Goals’ objectives of ...