Nafta and the Legalization of World Politics
A Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7300700 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick M Abbott (0000-0002-6856-545X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-547 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8183 • E-ISSN: 1531-5088 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/002081800551316 |
| OpenAlex | W3122956224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
I examine the trend toward using hard legal instruments in international trade governance and explain this trend in the context of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). I suggest that hard law (1) reduces intergovernmental transaction costs, (2) reduces private risk premiums associated with trade and investment, (3) promotes transparency and provides corollary participation benefits, (4) tends to restrain strategic political behaviors, and (5) may increase the range of integration effects by encouraging private actors to enforce intergovernmental obligations. I compare the legalization model of NAFTA with those of the European Union (EU) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
Business · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economics · European union · International economics · International trade · Investment (military · Legalization · Political science · Politics · Transparency (behavior · EU Law and Policy Analysis · Global trade and economics · Law · World Trade Organization Law
Igad as an International Organization, Its Institutional Development and Shortcomings
Active European Union Influence
Passive European Union Influence
Robustness Checks
European Union Diffusion and Other Regional Organizations
Revisiting Regional Institution Building
Explaining the European Union’s Interorganizational Influence on Other Regional Organizations
The Scope of European Union Influence
Theorizing Interorganizational Influence from the European Union
The Dependent Variable ‘RO institutionalization’
Summary Statistics
Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations
International Economic Institutions
Private Power and Global Authority
When BITs have some bite
Neighbors or Partners? Nafta and the Politics of Regional Economic Integration in North America
Crime, War, and Global Trafficking
Whither the Arctic? Conflict or cooperation in the circumpolar north
Nafta 2.0
Governing the North American Free Trade Area
Forum Shopping and Fairness in Mexico–United States Trade Disputes
Five Challenges to Legalizing Economic and Social Rights
Free Trade and Social Citizenship
European Market Making and Policy Duplication
Once BITten, twice shy
Explaining the resilience of free trade
Integrating rule takers
Authority, politicization, and alternative justifications
A Note on Capital Utilization and International Trade
Greatly exaggerated’
The Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure as European integration
Does N = 2? Trans‐Tasman Economic Integration as a Comparator for the Single European Market
Regional Integration and the Evolution of the European Polity
Institutional Change in Europe
Paths to Compliance
Domesticating discourses
Global democracy
International Relations Theory and the Case against Unilateralism
Ernst Haas's evolving thinking on comparative regional integration
Nafta‐ization
Grasping the Commercial Institutional Peace
Leadership Survival, Regime Type, Policy Uncertainty and PTA Accession1
Funding Self-Sustaining Development
International Institutions and the Volatility of International Trade
Do indicators influence treaty ratification? The relationship between mid‐range performance and policy change
Participation Through Law Enforcement
A capitalising foreign policy
States, coalitions, and the legalization of the global climate regime
| Unique citing works | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2022 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |