Just trade : a new covenant linking trade and human rights / Berta Esperanza Hernãndez-Truyol and Stephen Joseph Powell.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-366) and index.

Global concepts: international law primer -- Pillars and escape hatches: basic concepts of international trade law in the Americas -- Global laws, local lives: basic concepts and legal regimes of human rights law in the Americas -- Splendid isolation's progeny: the intersections of trade and human rights -- Who belongs, who rules: citizenship -- voice and participation in the global marketplace -- Ecosystem degradation and economic growth: trade's unexploited power to improve our environment -- Not just a question of capital: health and human well-being -- Exploitation or progress? Terms and conditions of labor -- Human bondage: trafficking -- Bebel redux: the woman question -- First peoples first: indigenous populations -- From excess to despair: the persistence of poverty -- Freedom from famine and fear: democracy -- Imperial rules: economic sanctions -- Recognizing indivisibility, bridging divides: visions and solutions for the future of the trade and human rights relationship.