Introduction; 1. Consent and trade; 2. Consent, oppression, and contemporary trade agreements; 3. (Re)building trade agreements; 4. Consensual trade and the twenty-first-century global economy; Conclusion; Index.
A new take on trade law's roots in consensual exchange, illuminating coercive and exploitative dynamics undercutting both consent and trade.
Frank J. Garcia is Professor of Law and Dean's Global Fund Scholar at the Boston College Law School, Massachusetts. A Fulbright Scholar, he has lectured widely on globalization and international economic law in Europe, South America and the Asia/Pacific region. Professor Garcia has held various leadership positions within the American Society of International Law, and currently sits on the editorial board of the Journal of International Economic Law, where he is Chief Book Review Editor. He is the author, most recently, of Global Justice and International Economic Law: Three Takes (Cambridge, 2013).
'Frank J. Garcia has given us a splendid book. In its insistence
that the legitimacy and efficacy of trade law rests on true
consent, in its rejection of empty reassurances based on a sterile
view of the workings of the market, in its thorough and careful
development of its examples, in its hope for a new way of thinking
that may help trade contribute to more full and meaningful lives
for people around the globe, and in its fundamental decency, this
is the kind of economic thinking we have been long awaiting.' James
Boyd White, Hart Wright Professor of Law Emeritus and Professor of
English Emeritus, University of Michigan
'Frank J. Garcia is a leading voice in bringing theories of global
justice in contact with the institutions of international trade.
His new book Consent and Trade is a remarkable achievement and a
must read for anyone interested in understanding why we have to
take questions about the fairness of international trade seriously.
It is an important book, coming at a time when our settled
understandings of how international trade and policy operate are
under serious challenge.' John Linarelli, Durham University
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