From the Green Room to the Court Room (And Back): Judicial Clarification of Ambiguity in WTO Law and the Effects on Subsequent Negotiations

From the Green Room to the Court Room (And Back): Judicial Clarification of Ambiguity in WTO Law and the Effects on Subsequent Negotiations

<p>The WTO provides an opportunity to observe the recent creation, development and operation of a "hard law" adjudicative legal system, with legal subjects of greatly varying degrees of power, embedded within an intensely political environment. Between these parallel political and le...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: James Flett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2011-05-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Subjects:
Sociology
law
international law
World Trade Organisation
WTO
ambiguity
silence
Dispute Settlement Understanding
DSU
Appellate Body
negative consensus
adjudication
interpretation
application
clarification
discretion
gap-filling
overreachin
Online Access:http://ssrn.com/abstract=1832508

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