The WTO dispute settlement system : challenges of the environment, legitimacy and fragmentation
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The WTO dispute settlement system : challenges of the environment, legitimacy and fragmentation
(Global trade law series, v. 37)
Wolters Kluwer, c2011
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World Trade Organization dispute settlement system
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-288) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Tensions between economic interests and environmental protection have assumed crisis proportions in awareness at every level of society. In particular, the World Trade Organization has become entangled in controversies related to legitimacy, democracy, environmental protection, and fragmentation of international law, fuelling a contentious debate on the use (or abuse) of environmental norms at the WTO. To a greater degree than any comparable treatment, this book focuses on the role of the WTO dispute settlement system in addressing trade-environment conflicts. Highlighting the ways in which environmental issues challenge the legitimacy of WTO jurisprudence, it considers such relevant core issues as the following:;challenges posed to the WTO by so-called 'linkage' issues, such as environmental protection, labour, and investment;;to what extent the WTO can apply rules of international law (e.g., environmental ones) that are not contained in the WTO agreements; and;concerns over the Dispute Settlement System's lack of democratic accountability in matters of great public interest.
The study analyses in detail the role of international environmental law in three key WTO cases, namely the Shrimp-Turtle, Hormones and Biotech disputes. This deeply informed and thoughtful book is of special importance for its proposals on how the WTO dispute settlement system can improve its legitimacy while respecting the limits of its mandate. It will be welcomed by international trade attorneys, environmental lawyers, concerned academics and students, and government officials in both trade and environmental policy.
Table of Contents
About the Author. List of Abbreviations. Preface and Acknowledgement. Part I Introduction. Part II Overview: The WTO, Legitimacy and the Environment. Chapter 1 The WTO, Legitimacy and New Trends in International Law. Chapter 2 The WTO and the Challenge of Environmental Linkages. Chapter 3 Environmental Disputes in the WTO Dispute Settlement System. Chapter 4 International Law in the WTO Dispute Settlement System. Chapter 5 Fragmented Landscapes: WTO Dispute Settlement System and International Environmental Law. Chapter 6 The Other Dimension of Legitimacy: Why 'Importing' Substantive Legitimacy Is Not the Answer Chapter. 7 The WTO Dispute Settlement System and Fragmentation of International Law: The Case of Climate Change. Part IV Conclusions. Bibliography. Index
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