Liberalization of Trade in Legal Services (Global Trade Law)
By Gilles Muller.
Description
The internationalization of legal services and the development of corporate law firms have led to profound changes in the practice of law, giving it a more commercial and international focus. These changes, coupled with a general intolerance of restrictions to competition, have led governments to reconsider the way they regulate the profession. Liberalization of trade in legal services takes place both at the multilateral level within the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and at the regional level within preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Thi...
ISBN(s)
9041148531, 9789041148537
