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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The foundations of classical liberalism; What is classical liberalism?; The international political economy of David Hume and Adam Smith: commercial openness, institutional change and unilateral free trade; American excursions: Knight and Viner; The political economy of Frank Knight: classical liberalism from Chicago; Jacob Viner as historian of ideas and international political economist in the classical liberal tradition; German neoliberalism: Eucken, BOhm, ROpke

"Suggested readings" at end of each chapter. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Crisis of International Law and the Role of Emerging Powers -- References -- Chapter 2: Emerging Powers and the International Order: Outline -- 2.1 Emerging Powers and the International Order -- 2.1.1 International Relations: The Broad Picture -- 2.1.1.1 The Realist Perspective: Hegemonic Stability in Decline? -- 2.1.1.2 Liberal Institutionalists -- 2.1.1.3 Critical Theory -- 2.1.2 Approaches by International Lawyers -- 2.1.2.1 Historical Departure: Europe and the United States as (Former) Hegemons -- 2.1.2.2 Relevant New Actors -- 2.1.2.3 Structure: Concert of Asia, Parallel Orders, International Anarchy, Regionalism, and/or a Multi-Hub System? -- 2.1.2.4 Substance: Rejection, the Return of the State or Substantive Pluralism? -- 2.1.3 Evaluation: Power Is Shifting But Many Questions Remain Open -- 2.2 Outline of the Book -- 2.2.1 Who Are the Relevant Actors? -- 2.2.2 A Common Legal Agenda? Why a Comparative Study of Rising Powers´ Legal Positions Is Valuable -- 2.2.3 Emerging Powers as Promoters of Global Justice in International Economic Law? Self-Qualification and Scholarly Assumptio... -- 2.3 Terminology and Methodology -- 2.3.1 Rule Makers, Rule Takers, Norm-Entrepreneurs, and Norm-Antipreneurs -- 2.3.2 Institutions, Rules, Principles and Paradigms -- 2.3.3 Rising Powers as Loyalists, Reformers or Revolutionaries -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Hegemony, Power and International Law -- 3.1 (Western) Great Powers and International Law -- 3.1.1 Working Definitions: Power, Hegemony and Great Powers -- 3.1.2 A Dichotomy Between Power and Law? -- 3.1.3 How to Convert Power into International Law -- 3.1.3.1 Three `Faces´ of Power -- 3.1.3.2 Legal and Factual Restraints? -- 3.1.3.3 Power and International Customary Law.

1. General introduction to the monetary growth theory -- 2. The neo-classical monetary growth theory -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Tobin's monetary growth theory (implications of the asset-structure) -- 2.3. The implications of real cash-balances as a consumer good -- 2.4. The implications of real cash-balances as a producer good -- 2.5. The stability of the neo-classical monetary growth model -- 3. The Keynes-Wicksell monetary growth theory -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Suppositions -- 3.3. The short-term model -- 3.4. Long-term equilibrium analysis -- 3.5. Influence of a change in the rate of monetary expansion -- 4. A synthesis of the neo-classical and the Keynes-Wicksell monetary growth theories -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The modified price change equation -- 4.3. Long-term equilibrium analysis -- 4.4. Short-term dynamic analysis -- 4.5. The rate of inflation and the nominal rate of interest -- 5. Evaluation, summary and conclusions -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Money from a medium of exchange to an asset -- 5.3. A critical analysis of the present monetary growth theory -- 5.4. Suggestions for extension of the present monetary growth theory -- Appendices -- List of symbols.

The evolution of the international economic order / Chia-Jui Cheng --The WTO legal and dispute settlements systems in time of global governance crises / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann -- The use and abuse of the national security exception under Article xxi(b)(iii) of the GATT 1994 / Peter L.H. Van den Bossche and Sarah Akpofure -- Subsidies and soes : specific vs. systemic spillovers / Bernard Hoekman -- Technology governance in a devolved global legal order : lessons from China-USA strategic conflict / Frederick M. Abbott -- The struggle for international economic law / Rachel Brewster -- How to re-establish a new global economic order / Alain Pellet -- Regionalism in international economic order / Mariko Kawano -- Precedent in investment arbitration : Is an institutionalized investment court more desirable? / Yuka Fukunaga.

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