贸易、环境与发展--WTO多哈发展议程研讨会

2002年4月29日至5月1日,世界贸易组织(WTO)在其总部召开了盛况空前的"多哈发展议程及其相关问题研讨会",近700名政府和非政府的代表出席了此次会议.笔者作为WTO邀请的学术界代表参加会议,并被指定就贸易、环境和减轻贫困做主题发言.     

'Immunity', 'Privilege', and 'Right': British Trade Unions and the Language of Labour Law Reform

A continuing debate exists among labour lawyers in the United Kingdom as to the most appropriate legal framework for the regulation of collective industrial action. Many have argued that a change in legal form will not in itself afford greater protection to union activity. Through an analysis of the changing approach of the trade union movement to the issue of 'immunities' and 'rights' during the Thatcher period, this article seeks to demonstrate that adoption of the 'rights' discourse in fact offered considerable strategic advantages. In consequence, any analysis of this question should not overlook the significant political role played by language.     

北美自由贸易协定对环境与贸易问题的协调及其启示

北美自由贸易协定在环境合作委员会的主导下,充分尊重成员国的主权,给予发展中国家实质性的能力支持,赋予成员国确定本国环境保护水平的自由裁量权,建立独立的区域环境贸易争端解决机制,在协调区域内成员国间环境标准及协调区域贸易协定与多边环境协定间的关系等方面构建了一个全新的模式。北美自由贸易协定对环境与贸易问题的协调模式对多边贸易体制协调环境与贸易问题有诸多的启示和借鉴意义。     

‘A Very Uncommon Case’: Representations of the Zong and the British Campaign to Abolish the Slave Trade

This paper examines the representation of the case of the Zong within the British campaign to abolish the slave trade. It traces the ways in which the case produced an iconic narrative for the movement by paying particular attention to Granville Sharp's original accounting of the event, and then to the ways in which the latter was transformed in key abolition propaganda documents. It is argued that the legal implications of the trial fell away as the Zong was appropriated, and mythologised, in its adaptation to the abolitionists' agenda.     

论环境使用权交易制度

随着环境保护中的经济手段的广泛运用,环境使用权交易制度应运而生。这一法律化的经济制度起源于美国,其产生经历了由单项制度到综合性制度的发展过程,这一交易的标的是环境使用权。环境使用权交易制度在中国既有应用的必要和前景,也已具有相应的运用基础和条件。     

论绿色壁垒的性质——以环境与贸易的关系为视角

当今的国际社会面临着日渐严峻的环境问题,许多国家相继在国际贸易中采取被称之为"绿色壁垒"的环保措施.对此,东西方国家争论不断.本文分析了环境保护与自由贸易的辩证关系,提出绿色壁垒是环境与贸易妥协的必然产物,体现了两者的兼容.虽然绿色壁垒具有一定的双重性,但不能掩盖其积极的本质.     

从贸易与环境视角辨析碳关税的合法性

随着联合国哥本哈根气候变化会议落下帷幕,＂碳关税＂这一具有时代色彩的非传统绿色贸易壁垒成为国际社会关注的热点。虽然碳关税的产生和存在具有一定的法律依据,但这并不能掩盖碳关税的本质———新保护主义。本文通过权衡贸易自由和环境保护之利弊,探析了碳关税的合法性,并针对发达国家征收碳关税的措施,提出发展中国家应采取的应对措施。