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• Title:The international law of economic migration : toward the fourth freedom / Joel P. Trachtman.
  
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• Author/Creator:Trachtman, Joel P.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ghosh, Bimal.
  
• Published/Created:Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K3275 .T73 2009 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Emigration and immigration law.
  Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Population Dynamics
  Emigration and Immigration
  
• Description:xxi, 417 pages : ill ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-396) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780880993494 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  0880993499 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  9780880993487 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  0880993480 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Introduction: Toward the fourth freedom : Migration, the state, and international law ; Four freedoms ; Forces behind the law of migration ; Global Commission on International Migration report: migration in an interconnected world ; Berne initiative ; UN General Assembly's high-level dialogue ; The International Organization for Migration (IOM) ; International Labor Organization ; World Trade Organization ; The Global Migration Group ; Plan of the book
  pt. 1. Normative analysis of international migration. 2. Welfare economics of migration : Theory ; Global effects ; Home state effects ; Destination state effects ; Temporary and permanent migration ; Skilled and unskilled migration ; Legal and illegal migration ; Fiscal effects ; Migration restrictions and a Bhagwati tax ; Fiscal competition and the Tiebout model ; Conclusion
  3. Ethics of migration : The right to be a migrant ; Crossing imaginary borders: a critique of territorial borders in the law of peoples ; Conclusion
  4. International political economy of migration : Trade politics and migration politics: a dual policy paradox? ; Endogenous policy models of trade and immigration ; Mapping the destination state political economy of migration ; Symmetric labor markets: a coordination (stag hunt) game ; Other factors influencing destination country politics ; Home country politics ; Toward a rationale for international law of migration. pt. 2. Existing international law of migration, labor migration, and trade in services. 5. Customary international law, human rights law, and multilateral migration conventions : Customary international law and human rights law ; International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions ; UN convention on the rights of migrant workers ; Conclusion
  6. Europe : Free movement of workers ; Discrimination ; Nondiscriminatory (indistinctly applicable) regulation and professional qualifications ; Public policy exceptions, expulsion, and public service exceptions ; Border controls and Schengen ; Summary ; International migration to the EU ; EU blue card proposal ; The EU and Turkey
  7. Other bilateral, regional, and plurilateral arrangements : Bilateral labor agreements ; Free trade areas and customs unions ; NAFTA ; Conclusion
  8. Mode 4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services : The MONP annex ; GATS commitments ; Doha negotiations ; MFN obligations and exceptions relating to economic integration, labor markets integration, and recognition ; National treatment under Article XVII ; Qualification requirements, licensing requirements and procedures, technical regulations, and transparency. pt. 3. Evaluating possible institutional structures. 9. Negotiating global disciplines on migration : Bilateral, regional, plurilateral, and multilateral negotiations ; The need for global rules ; International public goods and international regimes ; MFN and negotiation dynamics revisited ; Linkage politics and institutional linkage ; Brain drain versus low-skill acceptance ; Taxation and formula apportionment ; Adjustment ; Safeguards ; Legal limits and natural limits
  10. Toward specific global disciplines to promote migration : Prohibition of restrictions on emigration ; Quotas versus tariffs versus auctioned access ; Taxation ; Commitments to immigration liberalization under a positive list approach ; Temporariness and permanence ; Illegal immigration ; Discrimination (MFN) ; Exceptions to MFN ; Discrimination (national treatment) ; Regulation and licensing ; Accompanying family members ; Access of immigrants to public services ; Social security and health insurance continuity ; Citizenship, national service, and draft obligations ; Transparency and regular procedures ; Loyalty, demagoguery, and public relations ; Safeguards and compensation ; National security and criminality ; Health exceptions ; Cultural integrity, irredentism, and ethnic conflict
  11. Organizational structures : Would an international organization be useful? ; How should an international organization addressing migration be designed? ; What should be the role of the IOM, ILO, and WTO? ; Coherence and the regime complex for international labor migration ; Which organization?
  12. Conclusion
  Appendix A. Illustrative draft general agreement on labor migration.