Trade law Part 65

 

The Political Economy of International trade law : Essays in Honor of Robert E. Hudec. Edited by DANIEL L. M. KENNEDY and JAMES D. SOUTHWICK. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2002. xiii, 666, (Bibliography) 5 and (Index) 24 pp. Hardback £80.00 net. ISBN 0-521-81319-0.]
Tania Voon
Cambridge Law Journal
Volume 62, Issue 1, March 2003 p.224-226

Protecting the Client’s Assets – The Law of Trade Secrets in the Information Age
Mark W. Freel and Darlene K. Alt
For the Defense
Volume 45, Number 3, March 2003 p.50

RECOGNITION OF LABOR UNIONS IN A COMPARATIVE CONTEXT: HAS THE UNITED KINGDOM ENTERED A NEW ERA?
Jared S. Gross
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Volume 78, Number 1, 2003 p.357

Unlike union recognition in the United States, trade union recognition in the United Kingdom has traditionally been based on voluntary agreements between labor and management. Times have changed, and the unions that embraced voluntary recognition have increasingly pushed for a statutory recognition scheme that mandates recognition when the majority of employees so wish. Prompted by this new support for statutory recognition, the Labour Party, which took control of Parliament in 1997, enacted a statutory recognition scheme in the new Employment Relations Act 1999. After analyzing the technical aspects of union recognition in the United Kingdom in light of the scheme that has governed American Labor law for more than a half century, the National Labor Relations Act, this note asks and answers why did the United Kingdom enact such legislation. The author proposes that the Employer Relations Act will not be a new dawn for unionism, rather it is only a basement of protection for employers who would refuse recognition under any circumstance.

Tulane Latin American Law Institute Symposium: “Energy Law, Free Trade Agreements, and Law Reform In Latin America”
Tulane Law Review
Volume 77, Number 4, March 2003

UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON International trade law (UNCITRAL)
Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law
Volume 11, Spring 2003

SEEKING JUSTICE, PRESERVING LIBERTY
Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.
Hastings Law Journal
Volume 54, Number 3, March 2003 p.695

At the annual Jerome Hall Lecture, presented at the Hastings College of Law on September 19, 2002, Professor Hazard explored the concepts behind the American Bar Association’s watchword “ABA Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice”as it relates to the professional activities in which a large percentage of lawyers are regularly and actively engaged. Professor Hazard contends that although the watchword denotes lofty goals, the concepts of seeking justice and preserving liberty are not inconsistent with fee-forservice representation of ordinary individuals in their business matters. Approximately half of the practicing bar is engaged in the representation of business interests, including for-profit business, non-profits, trade unions or government agencies that regulate private industry. Professor Hazard believes there is a symbiosis that exists among these different players that allows our system of democracy and capitalism to operate. Thus, the legal services provided to these entities are not inconsistent with the ABA watchword. In sum, both fee-for-service individual representation and representation of business interests are noble pursuits so long as lawyers practice with thoughtful political, legal and moral reflection.

A FAREWELL TO “LINKAGE”: INTERNATIONAL Trade law AND GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
Sara Dillon
Rutgers Law Review
Volume 55, Number 1, Fall 2002 p.87

Intellectual Property–Trade Secret Law–Is the Arkansas Supreme Court Following Other Jurisdictions Down the Wrong Road in Analyzing Combination Trade Secrets? Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. P.O. Market, Inc., 347 Ark. 651, 66 S.W.3d 620 (2002)
Gina White
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
Volume 25, Number 2, Winter 2003 p.407

A Primer on Florida Trade Secret Law: Unlocking the “Secrets”to “Trade Secret”Litigation
Gary S. Gaffney and Maria E. Ellison
University of Miami Business Law Review
Volume 11, Numbers 1/2, Winter/Spring 2003 p.1

Legal Aspects of a Poverty Agenda at the WTO: Trade Law and ‘Global Apartheid’
Joel P. Trachtman
Journal of International Economic Law
Volume 6, Number 1, 2003 p.3-21

The Legal Status and Regulatory Context of “Health Foods”in the European Union
Nicole Coutrelis
Food and Drug Law Journal
Volume 58, Issue 1, 2003 p.35-50

“Health Foods”in the European Union, including food supplements, are clearly classified within the food sector, even though they are on the borderline between food and drugs. In order to solve trade problems resulting from this situation, the European Commission (EC) has proposed several pieces of legislation, which are currently under discussion in an attempt to harmonize all the rules and allow free circulation within the Member States. This article addresses the current legal status of the various categories of products (traditional foods with health claims; functional foods; fortified foods; foods for particular nutritional uses or food supplements) and details the regulations currently under discussion and the most recent case law of the EC Court of Justice.

 

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International trade law, Labor law, Trade law.