Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System
Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System

Author: Robert E. Hudec

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1139495534

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In this reissued edition of the classic work Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System, Robert E. Hudec's clear insight on the situation of developing countries within the international trade system is once again made available. Hudec is regarded as one of the most prominent commentators on the evolution of the current international trade regime, and this long out-of-print book offers his analysis of the dynamics playing out between developed and developing nations. A significant contribution when the book was first published, this work continues to serve as a thoughtful and important guide to how current and future trade policy must seriously adapt to the demands of the developing world. This new edition includes a new introduction by J. Michael Finger that examines Hudec's work to understand how the GATT got into its current historical-institutional predicament and the lasting impact of his work on current research on international trade systems.

Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System
Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System

Author: Robert E. Hudec

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780511991806

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"A reissue of Robert E. Hudec's seminal study of the situation of developing countries within the international trade system is once again available"--

Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System
Developing Countries in the WTO Legal System

Author: Chantal Thomas

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 0195383613

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This volume is a comprehensive account of developing countries and their positioning within the WTO legal system. It comprises chapters by a number of leading experts in the law and economics of international trade who reflect on Robert Hudec's groundbreaking 1987 book Developing Countries in the GATT Legal System, and offers political, economic, and legal perspectives on Hudec's legacy.

Enforcing International Trade Law
Enforcing International Trade Law

Author: Robert E. Hudec

Publisher: MICHIE

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13:

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"This book presents a history and analysis of the GATT legal system as it stands today at the beginning of the 1990s. Although the origins of GATT law go back to the GATT/ITO negotiations of 1946-1948 and beyond, the current legal system is largely the product of a reconstruction that took place from 1970 onwards. The book focuses on the evolution of GATT law during this modern period. It concentrates on the development of GATT's procedure for adjudicating legal disputes between member countries, known in GATT parlance as the "dispute settlement procedure". -- from the Preface, p. vii.

Legalization of Development in the WTO
Legalization of Development in the WTO

Author: Amin M. Alavi

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789041127952

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It's often said that the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) works more in favor of the richer members with their vastly greater resources. On the other hand, one of the principal objectives of the DSU was to create a fairer system, in which every member could bring forward a complaint, have it fully investigated, obtain a ruling on the compatibility of the measure or practice with WTO rules, and - more generally - "to have its day in court". The guiding principle was intended to be: "Every member is equal before the law", and this was designed to lead to fairer and more equal opportunities than a system where power politics could, and did, influence the results. This thoughtful and timely resource will examine the concept of "development" as both a political and legal norm - designed to safeguard the special interests of developing countries in international trade - in the context of GATT and WTO law. Among the critically important questions addressed... How can the political concept of development be incorporated in GATT/WTO law? Which areas of GATT/WTO law address development? How can a GATT/WTO legal normal affect a political process? How can the GATT/WTO legal regime be made more flexible? How has the GATT/WTO legal regime evolved vis-à-vis developing nations? What are the political and legal aspects of the DSU? How do states utilize the political/legal system and its dispute settlement mechanisms? How does the GATT/WTO judicial system deal with the political concept of development? In the context of the DSU, what is the nature and significance of the conflict between developing and developed countries

WTO Law and Developing Countries
WTO Law and Developing Countries

Author: George A. Bermann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-18

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9781107403093

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Examining developing countries within the WTO, it's easy to see there is a disconnect between what was expected from the WTO and what is actually being done for the developing countries. This book examines the different aspects of law within the WTO and how the developing countries are reacting to the Doha Developmental round, which took place after the September 11th attacks. This book also examines the differences between what the developing countries require and what they expect from the WTO which is not homogenous.

WTO Law and Developing Countries
WTO Law and Developing Countries

Author: George A. Bermann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-08-20

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 1139466062

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Developing countries make up the majority of the membership of the World Trade Organization. Many developing countries believe that the welfare gains that were supposed to ensue from the establishment of the WTO and the results of the Uruguay Round remain largely unachieved. Coming on the heels of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the ongoing Doha Development Round, launched in that Middle Eastern city in the fall of 2001, is now on 'life support'. It was inaugurated with much fanfare as a means of addressing the difficulties faced by developing countries within the multilateral trading system. Special and differential treatment provisions in the WTO agreement in particular are the focus of much discussion in the ongoing round, and voices for change are multiplying because of widespread dissatisfaction with the effectiveness, enforceability, and implementation of those special treatment provisions.