Publication Type
Book Review
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
2-2024
Abstract
With ‘The Rise of the Regulatory State’ 1 at the beginning of the twentieth century, regulation replaced litigation as the main method of social control in the United States. Over the past few decades, more and more countries around the world started to follow the example of the United States, which led to the global expansion of the regulatory state. This in turn spurred more international disputes due to divergences in the respective regulatory standards. Theoretically speaking, global regulation might be the best solution. However, so far this not happened, partly due to the paralysis of the law-making functions of most international organizations, and partly due to the tradition of ‘constructive ambiguity’ in treaty negotiations. Thus, more and more resorts were made to the second-best option: international courts and tribunals.
Discipline
Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Environmental Law
Publication
World Trade Review
Volume
23
Issue
1
First Page
112
Last Page
115
ISSN
1474-7456
Identifier
10.1017/S1474745623000356
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Citation
GAO, Henry S..
Caroline E. Foster, Global regulatory standards in environmental and health disputes: Regulatory coherence, due regard, and due diligence. (2024). World Trade Review. 23, (1), 112-115.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4393
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745623000356