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1|Preface|5
1|Contents|7
1|About the Editors|9
1|Indo-German Conference: Genesis and Beyond|10
2|Preliminary Remarks|10
2|The Methods of Scholarly Interaction|12
2|References|15
1|Introduction|16
2|1 The Context of Globalisation|16
2|2 Overview of the Issues Emerging from the Papers|18
2|3 The Way Forward|26
1|Social Market Economy|29
1|Social Rights in the European and the Indian Union|30
2|1 Starting Insights|30
2|2 Comparative Contextual Analysis|32
2|3 The Spirit and Concept of Social Rights in European Constitutional and Legal Traditions|35
2|4 The State of Fundamental Social Rights in the European Union: More Virtual Than Real Progress?|40
2|5 The European Social Charter Compared to the SAARC Social Charter|44
2|6 Learning Opportunities|46
2|References|48
1|“Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy”: The Continuing Relevance of State Law|51
2|1 Dealing with Globalisation and the Economic Crisis|52
2|2 Increasing Informality|54
2|3 The Need to Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy|57
2|References|58
1|Markets and Cultural Diversity|60
1|Open Markets and Diversity of India’s Politico-Legal Ordering|61
2|1 Part-I: Introduction|61
2|2 Part II: Market, Culture and Legal Order|62
2|3 Part-III: Diversity of Legal Ordering and India|64
2|4 Part-IV: From Authority to Legality|66
2|5 Part-V: Post-independence Diversity and Plurality|67
2|6 Part-VI: Conclusions and Provocations|68
2|References|69
1|A Peasant’s Imagination of Alternative Legal Order: Land Reform in India, Food Security and the WTO|70
2|1 Introduction|70
2|2 Swami Sahajanand Saraswati and the Peasant Movement in India|72
2|3 Recent Land Reform Initiatives: The Zamindar System in New Clothes?|81
3|3.1 Historical Context|81
3|3.2 Colonial Legacies and the Land Acquisition Act of 2013|83
2|4 Indian External Economic Policies: From Self-reliance to Free Trade|85
3|4.1 After Independence: Non-alignment and Import Substitution|85
3|4.2 The 1990s: Opening up and Membership in the WTO|85
3|4.3 The WTO Agreement on Agriculture and Subsistence Farming|87
2|5 Hope for Change? Reform Proposals by India in the WTO|88
3|5.1 India as the (Rhetoric) Champion of Peasant’s Rights at the WTO|89
3|5.2 Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes|90
3|5.3 The Case of a Special Safeguard Mechanism|92
2|6 Conclusion|94
2|References|95
1|Market Liberalisation and Sustainable Development|98
1|India in Pursuit of Sustainable Development: A Critique of India’s Trade and Investment Policies|99
2|1 Introduction|99
2|2 Globalization|101
2|3 Trade and Investment Policies for Sustainable Development|102
2|4 Indian Experience|103
2|5 Conclusion|105
2|References|106
1|India’s Need for a Sustainability Strategy—Creating a Stable and Balanced Development|107
2|1 Introduction|107
2|2 The Requirements of Sustainable Development|109
2|3 Selected Challenges for India in the Context of Sustainable Development|111
2|4 The Implementation and Development of Germany’s National Sustainability Strategy|113
2|5 The Integrated Sustainability Triangle—A Method for Developing and Implementing a Sustainability Strategy|114
3|5.1 Natural Basis of Life|118
3|5.2 Economic Power|120
3|5.3 Social Cohesion|121
3|5.4 Population|124
2|6 Consideration of Restraints|126
2|Bibliography|127
1|Globalization and Environment: Antagonistic or Agnostic|130
2|1 Introduction|130
2|2 Globalization and Trade Liberalisation|131
3|2.1 Free Trade and Environment|132
3|2.2 Apparent Conflict Between Trade and Environment|134
3|2.3 Indian Scenario|136
3|2.4 Approach of Indian Judiciary: Through the Prism of Three Cases|137
2|3 Is Globalization Antithetic to Environment?|140
2|4 Conclusion|141
2|References|142
1|Sustainable Public Procurement in Europe: Creating Markets or Distorting the Internal Market|144
2|1 Introduction|144
2|2 Sustainable Public Procurement|145
2|3 Creating Markets or Distorting the Internal Market—Sustainable Public Procurement|146
2|4 Sustainable Public Procurement in the EU from the 90th Until Today|147
2|5 The New Directives|149
3|5.1 Principles of Procurement Article 18|151
3|5.2 Technical Specifications|151
3|5.3 Selection Criteria|153
3|5.4 Award Criteria|153
3|5.5 Article 68 Life Cycle Costing|154
3|5.6 Contract Performance|155
2|6 Solving the Tension Between Creating Sustainable Public Procurement Markets and the Internal Market: The Link to the Subject Matter|156
2|7 Conclusion|158
2|References|159
1|Cooperation Between Indian and the European Union|161
1|The EU-India Development Partnership: Legal Framework and Political Perspectives|162
2|1 Introduction|162
2|2 The Bilateral Framework of the EU-India Development Partnership|163
2|3 European Union Law and Development Cooperation—Complementarity of EU Programs and Member States’ Activities|167
2|4 The EU and India as Partners in Triangular Development Cooperation|170
2|References|173
1|Access to Services in the EU Market: With Specific Focus on Movement of Natural Persons|176
2|1 Background|177
2|2 Services Market: India and EU|178
2|3 State of Services Liberalisation Within the EU|179
3|3.1 Measures Affecting Mode 4 Services Applicable for EU Nationals|179
3|3.2 Measures Affecting Mode 4 Services Applicable for Non-EU Nationals|181
2|4 Degree of Trade Restrictiveness in the EU Services Market|182
2|5 EU Commitments in the WTO and in FTAs|184
2|6 Conclusion|187
2|References|188
1|Market Liberalisation in Goods and Services|189
1|Free Trade Agreements and National Constitutional Law—From CETA and TTIP Onwards|190
2|1 Introduction|190
2|2 Main Contents of CETA and TTIP|193
3|2.1 CETA|193
3|2.2 TTIP|196
2|3 Boundaries to Free Trade Agreements Set by National Constitutional Law|198
3|3.1 Differentiation Between “EU-Only” and “Mixed” Agreements|198
3|3.2 Provisions of National Constitutional Law Regarding International Law Agreements|200
2|4 Summary|207
2|References|209
1|Common Market Under the Constitution of India|211
2|1 Introduction|211
2|2 Common Market: Delineating the Meaning|212
2|3 Constituent Assembly Debates: Unfolding the Deliberations on Common Market|214
2|4 Scheme of the Constitution|216
3|4.1 Sarkaria Commission|219
3|4.2 The National Commission on Review of the Working of the Constitution|220
3|4.3 Puncchi Commission|220
3|4.4 One-Hundred (Constitutional) Amendment, 2016 (Good and Services Tax)—An Attempt to Create to Common Market|222
2|5 Judicial Overtures|224
2|6 Conclusion|226
2|References|228
1|National Treatment Obligation Under Article 3 of GATT Vis-à-Vis Indian Constitution|229
2|1 General Contours of National Treatment Obligation Under GATT 1994|230
3|1.1 Analysis of Article III|231
3|1.2 India and WTO Dispute Settlement Body|235
2|2 National Treatment Obligation, GATT Vis-à-Vis Taxing Power Under Indian Constitution|240
3|2.1 Article III Clause 2|240
3|2.2 Analysis of Taxing Power Under Indian Constitution Vis-à-Vis GATT 1947|243
2|3 Way Forward|256
3|3.1 Treaty Making Processes|257
3|3.2 Institutional Reforms|258
2|References|260
1|Market Freedom of Establishment and Free Movement of Capital|262
1|Capital Flows into India—Role of Monetary Transfer Provisions in India’s International Investment Agreements|263
2|1 Global Debate on CAC|266
3|1.1 Debate on CAC in India|269
2|2 Anatomy of MTPs in Indian IIAs|271
3|2.1 Coverage of ‘Transfer of Funds’|272
3|2.2 Unreasonable Delay|273
3|2.3 Currency of Transfer|274
2|3 MTPs in Indian IIAs and Capital Controls|276
3|3.1 ‘Free-Transfer’ Type|278
3|3.2 ‘Regulatory-Transfer’ Type|281
2|4 Conclusion|284
2|References|284
1|Legal Risks in Foreign Direct Investment in India|288
2|1 Introduction: India’s Tryst with State Capitalism|288
2|2 Foreign Capital: Boon or Bane|289
2|3 Different Colors of Foreign Capital and Foreign Direct Investment|291
2|4 Regulatory Framework for Foreign Direct Investment|292
2|5 Investment Decision Making milieu and the Role of Risk in it|292
2|6 Legal Risk|294
2|7 Sources of Legal Risk|296
2|8 Common Legal Risk Mitigation Techniques|300
2|9 Could the State meet halfway to mitigate Legal Risk|302
2|10 Conclusion|305
1|Brief Valedictory Remarks|306