The World Trade Organization - Law, Practice, and Policy
Verlag | Oxford University Press |
Auflage | 2015 |
Seiten | 944 |
Format | 25,1 cm |
Print PDF | |
Gewicht | 1804 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Oxford International Law Library |
ISBN-10 | 0199571856 |
EAN | 9780199571857 |
Bestell-Nr | 19957185EA |
This is the third edition of a highly acclaimed work on the WTO, providing a complete overview of its law and practice. It traces the origins and development, via the GATT, of all of the substantive legal areas covered by the WTO, as well as its sources of law, dispute settlement system, enforcement mechanisms, and its impact on other areas of law.
The WTO is one of the most important intergovernmental organizations in the world, yet the way in which it functions as an organization and the scope of its authority and power are still poorly understood. This comprehensively revised new edition of the acclaimed work by an outstanding team of WTO law specialists provides a complete overview of the law and practice of the WTO.
The authors begin with the institutional law of the WTO (such as the sources of law and remedies of the dispute settlement system), then tackle the principal substantive obligations of the WTO regime (including tariffs, quotas, and MFN). They then move on to consider unfair trade, regional trading arrangements, and developing countries. In its final section the book deals with the consequences of globalization: firstly, where free trade is seen to be incompatible with environmental protection
and, secondly, where WTO law confronts legal regimes governing issues of competition and intellectual property .
One of the pivotal works on the WTO, indispensable for
This is the third edition of a highly acclaimed work on the WTO, providing a complete overview of its law and practice. It traces the origins and development, via the GATT, of all of the substantive legal areas covered by the WTO, as well as its sources of law, dispute settlement system, enforcement mechanisms, and its impact on other areas of law.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1: The World Trade Organization
2: WTO Law and National Laws of Member States
3: Sources of Law and Principles of Interpretation
4: Dispute Settlement
5: Enforcement of WTO Obligations: Remedies and Compliance
6: Most-Favoured Nation
7: National Treatment
8: Tariffs, Quotas and Other Barriers to Market Access
9: Agricultural Trade
10: Subsides and Countervailing Measures
11: Antidumping
12: Safeguards
13: Technical Regulations, Standards and Health Measures
14: Preferential Trade Agreements
15: Export Controls and National Security
16: Trade in Services
17: Intellectual Property
18: Government Procurement
19: Developing Countries
20: Environmental Protection and Trade
21: Trade and Investment
22: Competition Policy and Trade