J. Benton Heath

Jun 24, 2024 | lpeproject.org | Ntina Tzouvala |Ivana Isailovic |J. Benton Heath |Emmett Sanders

Heterodox scholars frequently criticize mainstream international law for thinking in terms of crisis, rather than structure, and for focusing on spectacular outbursts of violence, as opposed to the mundane structures of global political economy that result in the premature death and maiming of millions.

Oct 5, 2023 | lpeproject.org | Sandeep Vaheesan |Andy Fitch |J. Benton Heath |Lenore Palladino

Imagine you’re a federal judge, or clerking for a judge, anxiously hearing your first antitrust case. A manufacturer alleges that a larger rival has marginalized it in the relevant market by entering into exclusive arrangements with all its distributors. To determine whether this action violates the law, you need to figure out what share of market foreclosure, or the percent of distribution channels tied up by the defendant in this case, is necessary to violate Section 3 of the Clayton Act.

Jul 18, 2023 | rooseveltinstitute.org | Todd Tucker |Timothy Meyer |J. Benton Heath |Maha Rafi Atal

The summer of 2023 poses a significant test for negotiations between the United States and European Union over the Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminum (GASSA). If successful, these talks could establish the world’s first sectoral trade deal to lower carbon emissions, creating a promising precedent for rewriting the rules of trade in a post-neoliberal, pro-worker, pro-environment direction for other sectors of the global economy.

Jul 18, 2023 | rooseveltinstitute.org | J. Benton Heath |Timothy Meyer

A deal between the United States and the European Union on “green” steel and aluminum could both fuel economies and transform the politics of climate change. But these goals could be jeopardized if negotiators are preoccupied with insulating the deal from legal challenges.