The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy

Abstract

High praise has been sung of this tome on a fast-growing but steadying field of international law of immense importance to today's world.1 The authoritativeness of the book stems from the established reputation of the authors, augmented by the first-hand experience of one of them as a former member of the Appellate Body of the WTO. In all its numerous pages, the structure, functions, mechanisms and applicable rules of a great international institution have been clearly and comprehensively set out in this book, with its foundation built on a solid knowledge of the policies of the organisation and the jurisprudence of its Dispute Settlement Body (“DSB”). Change seems to be the word that captures the characteristic of the state of affairs in the area of trade in international relations,2 and a timely exposition of the state of affairs. The book has a clear structure, containing 23 chapters. Chapter...

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