Hard choices, soft law : voluntary standards in global trade, environment and social governance / edited by John J. Kirton and Michael J. Trebilcock.

Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : hard choices and soft law in sustainable global governance / John J. Kirton and Michael J. Trebilcock -- Part I. Setting standards for sustainable forestry. Nonstate global governance : is forest certification a legitimate alternative to a global forest convention? / Steven Bernstein and Benjamin Cashore ; The Forest Stewardship Council : a developing country perspective / Tasso Rezende de Azevedo ; Indigenous rights and forest certification in British Columbia / Chris Tollefson -- Part II. Setting standards for labour. Codes of corporate conduct and the labour regulatory state in developing countries / Adelle Blackett ; Standard setting at the International Labour Organization : the case of precarious employment / Leah F. Vosko ; Hard law or soft law : India and international labour standards / C.S. Venkata Ratnam and Anil Verma ; Trade policy and labour standards : objectives, instruments and institutions / Michael J. Trebilcock -- Part III. Creating codes of corporate responsibility. Corporate social responsibility and the evolution of international norms / Hevina S. Dashwood ; The role of nongovernmental organizations and social movements in developing countries / John W. Foster ; Multinational corporations, globalization and the challenge of self-regulation / Wesley Cragg ; Canadian corporate responsibility in Sudan : why Canada backed down / Robert O. Matthews -- Part IV. International institutions and soft law. The World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the challenge of sustainable development / Thomas A. Hockin ; Integrating environment and labour into the World Trade Organization / Roy MacLaren ; The future of the world trading system : beyond Doha / Sylvia Ostry ; Enhancing global governance : corporate social responsibility and the international trade and investment framework / Christopher Wilkie ; A corporate perspective on globalization, sustainable development and soft law / Michael E. Cloghesy ; Terminating agricultural biotechnology? Hard law, voluntary measures and the life sciences industry / Lisa N. Mills ; Hard and soft law in international institutions : complements, not alternatives / Nicholas Bayne.

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"An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas. This key work firstly outlines the approach taken to combining soft and hard law and trade, environment and labour values in the WTO and NAFTA, and in the prospective Millennium Round. Then, using the forestry sector - a realm where formal international law remains largely absent - the book provides a detailed examination of the role of soft law in action. It demonstrates how soft and hard law can be combined to promote trade, environmental and social cohesion, in ways that also permit sustainable development. Hard Choices, Soft Law presents a wealth of knowledge from a range of contributors familiar with the work of the G7/G8, the OECD, the Biodiversity Convention and the Codex Alimentarius."--Jacket.

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