The WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: A Commentary

by Joanne Scott

Overview

This book offers an article by article legal commentary on the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement), which allows WTO members to implement barriers to trade on food or pharmaceutical products in order to protect public health, provided that the measure is based on established international guidelines or backed by scientific evidence.

This book looks at the case law which has grown up around the SPS Agreement, includes an analysis of the recent Biotech (GMOs) panel report, examines the working of the SPS Committee, an important site for transnational governance in food safety, and the relationship between the SPS Agreement and international standards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199271122
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	05/24/2007
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Joanne Scott is Professor of European Law, University College London. She joined UCL in July 2005 having taught previously at the University of Cambridge and Clare College, Cambridge. She is a regular visiting professor at Columbia Law School, and is visiting at Harvard Law School during 2005/06.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction