Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution
Standards of Review in WTO Dispute Resolution

Author: Matthias Oesch

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780199268924

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This volume is a unique study focussing on the highly controversial issue of standards of review in WTO dispute resolution. Standards of review reflect the extent to which the WTO adjudication bodies can override the decisions taken by national authorities. As such they play a crucial role in shaping the balance of power and responsibility for decisions on factual and legal issues. In this volume, the current state of law and practice is analysed and critically assessed in a commentary on the evolution of, and inconsistencies amongst, the relevant cases.

The WTO Dispute Settlement System
The WTO Dispute Settlement System

Author: Mavroidis, Petros C.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2022-07-15

Total Pages: 640

ISBN-13: 1803921749

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This incisive book provides a comprehensive overview of the WTO dispute settlement practice from 1995 up until the present day, illustrating the need for it to be resurrected from its current state of crisis. The WTO Dispute Settlement System will prove an essential read for students and scholars of WTO law, as well as lawyers, political scientists and policy-oriented economists interested in the WTO dispute settlement system.

Treaty Interpretation by the WTO Appellate Body
Treaty Interpretation by the WTO Appellate Body

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780191705588

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This text analyses the law of treaty interpretation as applied by the WTO Appellate Body. By focusing on the development of the law in practice, and the intersection of customary international law principles with the growth of WTO specific law, the book reveals the complexity of treaty interpretation in a major international law forum.

Key Issues in WTO Dispute Settlement
Key Issues in WTO Dispute Settlement

Author: Rufus Yerxa

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-10-20

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780521861595

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This book examines aspects of the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system during the first ten years of the WTO. It covers a representative cross-section of the issues and situations WTO Members have dealt with under the Dispute Settlement Understanding. The book is unique in that it includes contributions from virtually the entire gamut of actors involved in the day-to-day operation of the WTO dispute settlement system: Member government representatives, private lawyers who litigate on behalf of Member governments in the system, Appellate Body members, Appellate Body Secretariat staff, and WTO Secretariat staff. It also includes contributions from several academics who closely follow and carefully scrutinize all that goes on within the system. It therefore provides fascinating insights into how the system has operated in practice, and how the lessons of the first decade can be applied to make the system even more successful in the years to come.

The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism
The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Author: Alberto do Amaral Júnior

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 3030032639

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This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) by bringing together contributions from legal scholars and political scientists. Most of the authors belong to a tightly knit legal epistemic community, trained at the University of São Paulo and at the top-ranked research and policy centers on WTO law in Europe. Presenting a novel and unique perspective on the DSM, it provides an analysis of current themes at the heart of the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism through the lenses of scholars with a “developing country” perspective. Focusing on assessment, substance, and process, it presents a three-fold approach to the analysis and offers a singular contribution to the scholarly literature on the WTO. The book discusses the topic from the viewpoint of individuals deeply involved in the scholarly production as well as the daily operation of the mechanism. The contributors include academics in the fields of international economic law and political science, diplomats, individuals engaged in legal private practice, and individuals affiliated with the WTO as well as WTO-related think tanks. The result is a balanced perspective on pressing issues that have arisen and that are likely to remain at the center of the scholarly and policy debate for years to come.

Deference in International Courts and Tribunals
Deference in International Courts and Tribunals

Author: Lukasz Gruszczynski

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 019871694X

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International courts use two key methodologies to determine the degree of deference granted to states in their implementation of international obligations: the standard of review and margin of appreciation. This book investigates how these doctrines are applied in international courts, analysing where their approaches converge and diverge.

Conflict of Norms in Public International Law
Conflict of Norms in Public International Law

Author: Joost Pauwelyn

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-07-31

Total Pages: 557

ISBN-13: 1139436902

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One of the most prominent and urgent problems in international governance is how the different branches and norms of international law interact and what to do in the event of conflict. With no single 'international legislator' and a multitude of states, international organisations and tribunals making and enforcing the law, the international legal system is decentralised. This leads to a wide variety of international norms, ranging from customary international law and general principles of law, to multilateral and bilateral treaties on trade, the environment, human rights, the law of the sea, etc. Pauwelyn provides a framework on how these different norms interact, focusing on the relationship between the law of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other rules of international law. He also examines the hierarchy of norms within the WTO treaty. His recurring theme is how to marry trade and non-trade rules, or economic and non-economic objectives at the international level.

Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization
Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization

Author: David Palmeter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-04

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780521530033

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Any experienced lawyer knows that cases are most often won or lost on procedural grounds; yet procedural issues are often considered too technical for proper treatment in legal literature. In this extensively revised new edition of Palmeter and Mavroidis' authoritative book on WTO dispute settlement, the authors discuss all WTO dispute settlement provisions and their interpretation in WTO jurisprudence. All the decisions of panels and the Appellate Body are discussed, from the inception of the WTO in 1995 until the end of May 2003. Although the book contains considerable technical expertise, it is at the same time written for accessibility to a wide readership. This volume - an essential tool for practitioners, diplomats and government lawyers - is a comprehensive study of compulsory third party adjudication in international law.