International Economic Law - (southern) African perspectives and priorities is the first book dedicated to examining international economic law from a (southern) African perspective. This field of law profoundly affects African countries’ (and, indeed, every individual country’s) sustainable development and aspirations for economic growth.

International Economic Law - (southern) African perspectives and priorities examines the international legal framework and how it intersects with the domestic regulatory framework of South Africa and other (southern) African countries and their economic policies. It offers fresh, diverse and balanced perspectives on international economic law by (primarily) African authors and addresses topics that are the most relevant on the continent for academics, practitioners and students in this field. The book aims to continue the conversation in the light of Africa’s increasing participation in all facets of global economic affairs by providing stakeholders – both within and outside Africa – with another source for understanding the priorities for (southern) African countries in international economic law.

Key Features and Benefits 

• It is the first book dedicated solely to international economic law (IEL) from a (southern) African perspective.
• Each chapter will focus on a different area of IEL in order to provide an in-depth discussion of the relevant legal issues from a (southern) African perspective.
• Nine of the sixteen authors are South African nationals and, overall, fourteen are African born.
• The purpose of this project is to provide fresh, diverse and balanced (southern) African perspectives on IEL and to address topics most relevant for the continent both by academics and practitioners in this field. Therefore, the book includes many young, talented African voices, as well as more established scholars, government officials and practitioners.

PART 1: Background 

CHAPTER 1: (Southern) African priorities in international economic law (Franziska Sucker) 

CHAPTER 2: South African trade policy and regulation in the 1990s: The late years of the Uruguay Round and the early days of the WTO (Leora Blumberg)

CHAPTER 3: South Africa’s international economic relations (Asmita Parshotam) 

PART 2: General Issues 

CHAPTER 4: WTO dispute settlement and the participation of African countries in international trade disputes (Kholofelo Kugler) 

CHAPTER 5: WTO decision making under pressure: African perspectives (Franziska Sucker & Brendan Vickers) 

CHAPTER 6: Developing countries and special and differential treatment (Regis Y Simo) 

CHAPTER 7: A critical appraisal of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (Olabisi D Akinkugbe)

PART 3: Trade Remedies

CHAPTER 8: Anti-dumping in southern Africa (Gustav Brink)

CHAPTER 9: Safeguard measures in international and African regional trade (Maryanne Kamau & Kholofelo Kugler)

CHAPTER 10: WTO law on industrial subsidies (Kholofelo Kugler & Nkosazana Dweba)

PART 4: Other Special Issues 

CHAPTER 11: Reflections on agricultural subsidies (Franziska Sucker)

CHAPTER 12: The WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (Denise Prévost)

CHAPTER 13: Trade facilitation in southern Africa (Erich Kieck & William Mwanza)

CHAPTER 14: Trade and competition (laws): Interrelations from a southern African perspective (Franziska Sucker & Jonathan Klaaren)

CHAPTER 15: General principles of international investment law: A South African stance (Talkmore Chidede)

The book will be of particular interest to academics, government officials, legal practitioners and postgraduate students from South Africa, southern Africa and other African countries.