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SUMMARY:The New International Economic (Dis)order: On Law\, Privatization
  and Power
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DESCRIPTION:In 1976\, Gillian White published her famous article ‘The New
  International Economic Order’ in the Virginia Journal of International 
 Law\, finding a ‘climate in which some genuine amelioration is possible’
 . Fifty years later\, the New International Economic Order (NIEO) has cl
 early not materialised. Quite the contrary is the case: The exercise of 
 power has become privatised\, and with it\, certain aspects of the inter
 national legal order. The proponents of the NIEO aimed to rein in corpor
 ations\, yet today\, corporations are more powerful than ever. As a subs
 pecies of the diverse family of corporate entities\, tech companies high
 light in disconcerting ways how corporate power operates beyond the reac
 h of state authority\, while conveniently hiding behind the states’s cor
 porate veil – most notably to evade accountability under international l
 aw. Corporations also push into traditional intergovernmental fora\; the
 y fund international organisations and at least informally participate i
 n lawmaking. At the same time\, international organisations are increasi
 ngly run like companies\, emphasizing efficiency and output\, adopting b
 usiness-style performance indicators\, and restructuring internal bureau
 cratic hierarchies. This privatization of the exercise of power coincide
 s with a growing turn by states toward bilateral and plurilateral ‘deal-
 making’\, a development that may undermine community interests. This lec
 ture will explore what is left of the promise of the NIEO to foster equa
 lity and equity among developing and developed states in their economic 
 relations.
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:A7\, Samuel Alexander Building\, Manchester
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