Just Trade

Documents Annex:http://www.nyupress.org/justtradeannex/index.html It is generally assumed that pro-trade laws are not good for human rights, and legislation that protects human rights hampers vibrant international trade. In a bold departure from this canon,Just Trademakes a case for reaching a middleground between these two fields, acknowledging their coexistence and the significant points at which they overlap. Using actual examples from many of the thirty-five nations of the Western Hemisphere, the authorsone a human rights scholar and the other a trade law expertcarefully combine their knowledge to examine human rights policies throughout the world, never overlooking the very real human rights problems that arise from international trade. However, instead of viewing the two kinds of law as isolated, polar, and sometimes hostile opposites, Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol and Stephen J. Powell make powerful suggestions for how these intersections may be navigated to promote an international marketplace that embraces both liberal trade and liberal protection of human rights.

Berta Esperanza Hernndez-Truyol is the Levin, Mabie Levin Professor of law at Levin College of Law, University of Florida. She is editor of Moral Imperialism: A Critical Anthology [NYU Press). Stephen Joseph Powell is a senior lecturer in law and Director of the International Trade Law Program at Levin College of Law, University of Florida.