New - Wildy

other arbitral tribunals so as
to identify the circumstances
in which such liability may
arise. The second issue,
which is addressed by State
courts, is whether and under
what conditions State
instrumentalities that have
a separate and autonomous
legal personality may be
held liable for the pecuniary
obligations of the State. A
comparative law study focusing
in particular on solutions
found in French, English
and U.S. law will provide
answers to the question as to
whether an award holding a
State liable may be enforced
against the assets of instrumentalities
of that State,
where such instrumentalities
are prima facie separate
juridical persons.
The WTO Agreement on
Safeguards: A Commentary
by Alan O. Sykes
O x f o r d U n i v e r s i t y
Press, Hardback, ISBN
0199277400, £75.00, due
September 2007
This book provides a thorough
treatment of the legal,
economic, and policy issues
associated with safeguard
measures in the WTO system.
It includes a careful
treatment of the history of
safeguard measures under
GATT, and the impetus for
the Agreement on Safeguards
during the Uruguay Round.
It reviews the economic
arguments for and against
safeguard measures, including
the modern political
economy account of safeguards
and nullescape clausesnull
in international agreements.
Subsequent chapters
focus on the key legal issues
associated with the use of
safeguards, including the
procedural requirements,
the obligation to demonstrate
unforeseen developments
and increased imports,
the concept of nullserious
injury,null the puzzling causation
test, and limitations
on the scope of safeguard
measures including non-discrimination
principles. All
of the safeguard decisions
within the WTO dispute system
are thoroughly dissected
and analysed. Included as
appendices are the relevant
treaty text and the pertinent
national legislation of the
United States and European
Union.
Tolley’s Tax Planning 2006-
07
by Tolley Editorial
L e x i s N e x i s B u t t e r -
worths, Softcover, ISBN
0754528731, £220.00, due
November 2006
The new edition of this established
work is fully up
to date and details in a clear
and concise format the practical
taxation strategies used
across the whole range of financial
decision-making criteria
required by individuals,
partnerships and corporate
bodies. Composed of two
volumes, each chapter being
written by a practising expert,
it provides an invaluable
source of ideas on keeping
tax payments to a minimum.
Written in straightforward
language, with clear explanations
and practical solutions,
it is an invaluable and essential
reference source for
all tax practitioners.
Rights, Groups, and Self-
Invention: Group-Differentiated
Rights in Liberal
Theory
by Eric J. Mitnick
Ashgate Publishing, Hardback,
ISBN 0754645738,
£55.00, due September
2006
This volume describes and
critically assesses the groupdifferentiated
form of ‘right’
from within analytical, constitutive
and liberal theory. It
explores to what extent the
group-differentiated form of
right serves to shape aspects
of human identity and whether
this should be a cause for
concern. The more detailed
normative work advanced
here contextually applies the
constitutive understanding
of rights and the principles
of liberal membership to
particular examples of groupdifferentiated
citizenship.
Such examples range from
slavery and alienage, to more
affirmative classifications,
such as those apparent in the
contexts of civil unions and
affirmative action.
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