International Economic & Trade Law / IT & Technology Law / Labour & Discrimination Law

Rethinking, Repackaging, and Rescuing World Trade Law in the Post-Pandemic Era

Edited by Amrita Bahri, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Weihuan Zhou, Unversity of New South Wales, Australia & Daria Boklan, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia This book explores the ways to ‘rethink’, ‘repackage’ and ‘rescue’ world trade law in the post-COVID-19 era. The book asks: do these unprecedented times and challenges call for reengineering the world trading system and a further retreat from trade liberalisation? All authors answer this question with an unequivocal ‘no’. This book reinforces the importance of international cooperation and the pressing need to reinvigorate the world trading system. The pandemic has provided a unique opportunity for governments to rebuild the political will needed for such cooperation. One should never let a serious crisis go to waste.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 352 pages HB 9781509951697 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781509951703 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781509951710 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Studies in International Trade and Investment Law • Hart Publishing

Investors’ International Law

Edited by Jean Ho, National University of Singapore & Mavluda Sattorova, University of Liverpool, UK This book provides a fresh analysis of investor accountability under general and customary international law, international human rights law, international environmental law, international humanitarian law, as well as international investment law. Each chapter in the book addresses a different and underexplored dimension of investor accountability. The book will be of immense assistance to legal practitioners, academics and policy makers involved in the design, drafting, application and reform of international instruments addressing investor accountability.

UK July 2021 • US August 2021 • 432 pages HB 9781509937912 • £80.00 / $110.00 ePub 9781509937936 • £72.00 / $95.11 ePdf 9781509937929 • £72.00 / $95.11 Series: Studies in International Trade and Investment Law • Hart Publishing

Transnational Narratives and Regulation of GMO Risks

Giulia Claudia Leonelli, Birkbeck, University of London, UK This book provides an innovative insight into the regulation of GMOs. It deconstructs 2 diametrically opposed transnational narratives on the governance of GMO risks, cutting across US law, EU law, WTO law and hybrid standard-setting regimes. Should risk managers make a convincing case that a product or process is safe enough for the relevant uncertain risks to be socially acceptable? The book combines a close analysis of regulatory frameworks and case law with a more encompassing perspective on the political, socio-economic and distributional implications of different approaches to the regulation of health and environmental risks.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 368 pages HB 9781509937387 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781509937394 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781509937370 • £76.50 / $100.32 Hart Publishing

Human Rights Responsibilities in the Digital Age

States, Companies and Individuals

Edited by Jonathan Andrew, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland & Frédéric Bernard, University of Geneva, Switzerland This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines, including law, international relations, and journalism, the book provides a detailed analysis of the impact of digital technologies on human rights, which will be of interest to academics, research students and professionals concerned by this issue.

AI, Data and Private Law

Translating Theory into Practice

Edited by Gary Chan Kok Yew, Singapore Management University & Man Yip, Singapore Management University This book examines the interconnections between artificial intelligence, data governance and private law rules with a comparative focus on selected jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region. The chapters discuss the myriad challenges of translating and adapting theory, doctrines and concepts to practice in the Asia-Pacific region in light of their differing circumstances, challenges and national interests. The book will be of interest to members of the judiciary, policy makers and academics who specialise in AI, data governance and private law, as well as legal technologists and practising lawyers in the Asia-Pacific, the UK and the US.

UK October 2021 • US October 2021 • 368 pages HB 9781509946839 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePub 9781509946846 • £81.00 / $106.83 ePdf 9781509946853 • £81.00 / $106.83 Hart Publishing

Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe

Law and the Construction of Vulnerability

Vera Pavlou, University of Glasgow, UK This book explores the often neglected, but overwhelmingly common, everyday vulnerability of paid domestic workers in Europe and beyond. It investigates the role of law in producing, reinforcing – or, alternatively, attenuating – vulnerability to exploitation. The book considers the much more widespread day-to-day vulnerabilities created at the intersection of different legal regimes, such as low wages, unregulated working time, dismissals and the impact of migration status on enforcing rights at work.

UK September 2021 • US September 2021 • 320 pages HB 9781509938834 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781509938858 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781509938841 • £76.50 / $100.32 Hart Publishing

UK December 2021 • US December 2021 • 160 pages HB 9781509942374 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781509942381 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781509942398 • £76.50 / $100.32 Hart Publishing www.bloomsbury.com • UK, Europe, ROW • +44 (0)1256 302692 • orders@macmillan.co.uk