"Over the past 10 years, the content and application of international trade law has grown dramatically. The WTO created a binding dispute settlement process and in resolving disputes, the judicial organs of the WTO have built up a substantial amount of new international trade law. Emerging from this new WTO process is an international trade law system that is in some respects self-contained and in other respects overlapping and linked to ..."
"Prison privatization is rapidly increasing in many Western countries. But how is the public well-being served when prisons are run for maximum profit? Bringing together an accomplished group of writers and activists, Capitalist Punishment discusses prison privatization within its historical and ideological context, and in relation to international standard minimum rules developed by the United Nations. Capitalist Punishment examines th ..."
"Ricardo Ramírez Hernández is a Partner at RRH Consultores in Mexico City and an international trade expert and adjudicator. With over 25 years of private and public practice, Mr. Ramirez has advised governments and companies on the ..."
"Prison privatization is a rapidly increasing phenomenon in many Western countries as governments seek to manage burgeoning prison populations within the constraints of a neo-liberal political agenda. But how is public well being served when prisons are run for profit? Bringing together a group of the most accomplished writers and activists on human rights and prison priva-tization, Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Ri ..."
"Daniel Bethlehem, Legal Adviser to the United Kingdom Foreign and
Commonwealth OffiCC in succession to Sir Michael Wood. Prior to taking up this
position, he was Director ofthe Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Lecturer
at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, and Queens Counsel practising at
20 Essex Street Chambers, London. Mr Bethlehem has acted in a wide variety
ofmatters across the full range of international la ..."