Charlotte Sieber-Gasser – författare

WTO law sets the global minimum standards for trade regulation, while allowing some regulatory flexibility for developing countries. The exact scope of regulatory flexibility is often unclear and, at times, flexibility may be counterproductive to sustainable economic growth in developing countries. Undisputedly, developing countries would have some flexibility with respect to tailoring preferential services trade agreements to their individual economic needs and circumstances, but empirical data from over 280 preferential services trade agreements worldwide shows that this flexibility is rarely used. This volume clarifies the regulatory scope of flexibility for preferential services trade agreements between developing countries by linking the legal interpretation of WTO law with evidence from research in economics and political sciences. The book suggests that the current regulatory framework leaves room for meaningful flexibility for developing countries, and encourages policymakers and scholars to take these flexibilities into consideration in their design and study of trade policies.

WTO law sets the global minimum standards for trade regulation, while allowing some regulatory flexibility for developing countries. The exact scope of regulatory flexibility is often unclear and, at times, flexibility may be counterproductive to sustainable economic growth in developing countries. Undisputedly, developing countries would have some flexibility with respect to tailoring preferential services trade agreements to their individual economic needs and circumstances, but empirical data from over 280 preferential services trade agreements worldwide shows that this flexibility is rarely used. This volume clarifies the regulatory scope of flexibility for preferential services trade agreements between developing countries by linking the legal interpretation of WTO law with evidence from research in economics and political sciences. The book suggests that the current regulatory framework leaves room for meaningful flexibility for developing countries, and encourages policymakers and scholars to take these flexibilities into consideration in their design and study of trade policies.

This book offers in-depth legal and political analysis concerning the compatibility of the Westphalian state model with globalization and the digital revolution.

This book offers in-depth legal and political analysis concerning the compatibility of the Westphalian state model with globalization and the digital revolution.

Dieses Buch bietet eine eingehende rechtliche und politische Analyse der Vereinbarkeit des westfälischen Staatsmodells mit der Globalisierung und der digitalen Revolution.

Globalisierung, Digitalisierung und die Dringlichkeit globaler Herausforderungen verschieben die traditionellen Grenzen des Rechts. In der Folge stehen Demokratien unter Druck, weil zentrale Entscheidungen zunehmend außerhalb nationaler Verfahren fallen. Am Beispiel der Schweiz zeigt Charlotte Sieber-Gasser, wie sich dadurch Machtverhältnisse zwischen Legislative, Exekutive und Judikative verschieben und direktdemokratische Mitsprache geschwächt wird. Die Analyse verbindet rechtsempirische Daten mit normativer und rechtstheoretischer Reflexion. Im Fokus stehen das öffentliche Wirtschaftsrecht, die Europäisierung und die Rolle der Generationengerechtigkeit als Staatszweck. Die Autorin liefert eine präzise Diagnose der institutionellen Herausforderungen und entwirft Lösungsansätze für eine internationalisierte Demokratie, die Legitimität, Rechtsstaatlichkeit und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt sichern kann.