"After introducing the respective WTO and human rights regimes, and discussing their legal and normative relationship to each other, the book presents a detailed analysis of the main human rights concerns relating to the WTO. These include the alleged democratic deficit within t…
"Originally an important but relatively obscure plurilateral instrument, the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is now becoming a pillar of the WTO system as a result of important developments since the Uruguay Round. This collection examines the issues and challenges…
"Originally an important but relatively obscure plurilateral instrument, the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is now becoming a pillar of the WTO system as a result of important developments since the Uruguay Round. This collection examines the issues and challenges…
Explores the increasing importance of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement in the multilateral trading system and the resulting challenges.
This work untangles debates about constitutionalisation and argues that the WTO is not, and should not, be described as a constitution by the standards of any conventional definition, or by the lights of any constitution to which we ought to aspire.
Free trade and its limits -- The potential and limitations of interpretation in WTO law -- The role and function of non-economic exception clauses in trade -- Models of non-economic justification clauses in WTO law : GATT/GATS versus SPS/TBT -- The non-economic grounds of justif…
"Between Law and Diplomacy crafts an insider's look at international trade disputes at one of the most important institutions in the global economy--the World Trade Organization. The WTO regulates the global rules for trade, and--unique among international organizations--it prov…
"This book gathers seventeen leading scholars to provide a relevant discussion of major topics of international trade law from the perspective of development"-- "Economic development is the most important agenda in the international trading system today, as demonstrated by the …