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Dorlach, Tim ; Mertenskötter, Paul:
Interpreters of International Economic Law : Corporations and Bureaucrats in Contest over Chile's Nutrition Label.
In: Law & Society Review.
Vol. 54
(2020)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 571-606.
ISSN 1540-5893
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12495
Abstract in another language
This article analyzes the everyday interpretive practices of corporations and bureaucrats that shape the meaning and force of international economic law. To understand how common practices such as public consultation submissions, corporate threat letters, and external legal assistance influence regulators' understanding of their “legally available” policy space, we study the contested introduction of a pioneering nutrition labeling regulation in Chile. The transnational food industry powerfully challenged the regulation's legality under World Trade Organization law. But Chilean health bureaucrats, in coordination with segments of the country's legally highly competent economic bureaucracy, effectively defended the legality of their proposed regulatory measure. Drawing on data from freedom-of-information requests and in-depth interviews, the article argues that the outcomes of such interpretive contests are substantially shaped by participants' knowledge of the entitlements created by international economic law and thus by the international legal expertise they have access to. This often but not always puts transnational corporations at an advantage over national regulators in the strategic interpretation of international economic law.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Junior Professor Global Nutrition and Health Policy > Junior Professor Global Nutrition and Health Policy - Juniorprof. Tim Dorlach Ph.D. Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Junior Professor Global Nutrition and Health Policy |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences > 340 Law |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2022 07:15 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2022 10:16 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/71259 |