[PDF] Report Of The Director General 2002 2003 eBook

Author : World Intellectual Property Organization
Publisher : WIPO
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9280524046

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This report is a presentation of the work accomplished by the Organization during the year that has passed since the last meeting of the WIPO Assemblies.

Author : Matthew Hilton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0801461634

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The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades, consumer activism has responded to the challenges of affluence by helping to guide consumers through an increasingly complex and alien marketplace. In doing so, it has challenged the very meaning of consumer society and tackled some of the key economic, social, and political issues associated with the era of globalization.In Prosperity for All, the first international history of consumer activism, Matthew Hilton shows that modern consumer advocacy reached the peak of its influence in the decades after World War II. Growing out of the product-testing activities of Consumer Reports and its international counterparts (including Which? in the United Kingdom, Que Choisir in France, and Test in Germany), consumerism evolved into a truly global social movement. Consumer unions, NGOs, and individual activists like Ralph Nader emerged in countries around the world—including developing countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America—concerned with creating a more equitable marketplace and articulating a politics of consumption that addressed the needs of both individuals and society as a whole.Consumer activists achieved many victories, from making cars safer to highlighting the dangers of using baby formula instead of breast milk in countries with no access to clean water. The 1980s saw a reversal in the consumer movement's fortunes, thanks in large part to the rise of an antiregulatory agenda both in the United States and internationally. In the process, the definition of consumerism changed, focusing more on choice than on access. As Hilton shows, this change reflects more broadly on the dilemmas we all face as consumers: Do we want more stuff and more prosperity for ourselves, or do we want others less fortunate to be able to enjoy the same opportunities and standard of living that we do?Prosperity for All makes clear that by abandoning a more idealistic vision for consumer society we reduce consumers to little more than shoppers, and we deny the vast majority of the world's population the fruits of affluence.

Author : Mathias Kende
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,70 MB
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 0192549758

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The WTO's Trade Policy Review Mechanism, which reviews the trade policies and practices of each WTO member at regular intervals, is generally considered to function well. In this day and age, complacency is unwise. Examining trade policy reviews throughout the lifetime of the TPRM, this book details its evolution from Article X of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to the proposed modifications resulting from the mechanism's latest appraisal, examining the budgetary capabilities and technical performance of all the main entities who participate in the reviews. On the basis of these considerations, the author concludes that in order to remain relevant, especially in times of increased global protectionism, the TPRM could, and should do better, and provides unique and timely suggestions for reform.

Author : Elihu Lauterpacht
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 789 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521114217

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The International Law Reports is the only publication in the world wholly devoted to the regular and systematic reporting in English of decisions of international courts and arbitrators as well as judgments of national courts. Volume 138 reports on, amongst others, the 2007 Argentine Necessity Case from the German Federal Constitutional Court, the Final Award in Occidental v. Ecuador together with the English decisions in that case and the awards in EnCana v. Ecuador; and decisions from Zimbabwe Supreme Court and Southern African Development Community Tribunal in Campbell Re: Expropriation of Agricultural Land.