The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation
The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation
Editors: Rostam J. Neuwirth, Alexandr Svetlicinii, Denis De Castro Halis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2017
About this Book
The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation examines the role of law in fostering cooperation among the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. While BRICS was initially formed to drive economic growth, the book explores how law can provide stability, predictability, and structure in areas ranging from trade and investment to intellectual property, energy, consumer protection, financial regulation, space exploration, and legal education.
The editors highlight the “enantiosis” of BRICS—a combination of unity in diversity—and emphasize how legal frameworks and cooperation can strengthen the bloc’s contributions to global governance. Through country-specific and thematic chapters, the book provides both theoretical insights and practical recommendations for legal and institutional cooperation, including initiatives like the BRICS Dispute Resolution Center and the BRICS Network University.
This volume is intended for academics, policymakers, legal practitioners, business executives, and students interested in international law, BRICS cooperation, and global governance.
Contents
- The Enantiosis of BRICS: BRICS Lawyers and the Difference that They Can Make – Rostam J. Neuwirth
- Diversity and Intra-BRICS Trade: Patterns, Risks and Potential – Umakrishnan Kollamparambil
- Defending Trade Multilateralism: The BRICS Countries in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism – Alexandr Svetlicinii, Zhang Juan-Juan
- The BRICS Investment Framework: Catching Up with Trade – Denis De Castro Halis, Guilherme Vargas Castilhos
- China–Africa and the BRICS: Development Cooperation and Investment Policies – Alioune Badara Thiam
- Global Fragmentation of Competition Law and BRICS: Adaptation or Transformation? – Alexandr Svetlicinii
- Intellectual Property Negotiations, the BRICS Factor, and the Changing North–South Debate – Peter K. Yu
- BRICS in the Emerging Energy Trade Debate – Jenya Grigorova, Julia Motte-Baumvol
- The BRICS Bank: On the Edge of International Economic Law – Christiane Itabaiana Martins, Lier Pires Ferreira, Ricardo Basílio Weber
- The Political Economy Challenges of Financial Regulation in BRICS Economies: A Case Study of Capital Markets Regulation in India – Debanshu Mukherjee
- Contract Law in the BRICS Countries: A Comparative Approach – Salvatore Mancuso
- Consumer Protection Law in the BRICS Countries and Their Future Cooperation – Jia Yao
- A Dispute Resolution Centre for the BRICS? – Fernando Dias Simões
- Legal and Policy Aspects of Space Cooperation in the BRICS Region: Inventory, Challenges and Opportunities – Yun Zhao
- For a BRICS Agenda on Culture and the Creative Economy – Lilian Richieri Hanania, Antonios Vlassis
- Making Lawyers in BRICS: Histories, Challenges and Strategies for Legal Education Reform – Fabio de Sa e Silva
Conclusion: BRICS Lawyers as Bricklayers – Rostam J. Neuwirth, Alexandr Svetlicinii, Denis De Castro Halis
