The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy

by Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Petros C. Mavroidis

Overview

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: first, where free trade is seen to be incompatible with environmental protection and, second, where WTO law confronts legal regimes governing issues of competition and intellectual property.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191021688
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	08/10/2006
Series:	Oxford International Law Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Mitsuo Matsushita, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University; former member of the WTO Appellate Body,Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Shefelman Professor of Law at the University of Washington, Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and Professor of Law at the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), New York City, Michael Hahn, Professor of European and International Economic Law at the University of Bern (Institute of European and International Economic Law IEW & World Trade Institute WTI).

Mitsuo Matsushita is a professor emeritus of Tokyo University and a counsel to Nagashima, Ohno & Tsunematsu, a leading international law firm in Tokyo. Having earned a Ph.D. degree from Tulane University in 1962 and a D.Jur. degree from Tokyo University in 1968, he went on to be internationally acknowledged as a Japanese expert in the field of competition law and international economic law. In his academic career, he has held professorships in Japan at Sophia University, Tokyo University and Seikei University. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Michigan Law School, Columbia Law School, the Monash University in Australia and at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. He has written many books and articles on various aspects of international trade and competition and investment law. In his public career, he served as one of the founding members of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 2000.

Thomas J. Schoenbaum serves as Shefelman Professor of Law at the University of Washington. He has taught at the law schools of the University of North Carolina, Tulane University, and the University of Georgia. At Tulane he served as associate dean and at Georgia he was executive director of the Dean Rusk Center of International and Comparative Law. He has practiced law extensively as special counsel for several law firms and has litigated corporate, environmental, and admiralty cases in the federal courts. Professor Schoenbaum has received six Fulbright awards and has held teaching posts in many countries, including Germany, Belgium, the UK, South Africa, Austria, Russia, and Japan. He has served as visiting fellow at St. John's College, Oxford and as principal fellow of the Lauterpacht Research Centre of International Law at Cambridge. Professor Schoenbaum specializes in international commercial and environmental law. He is the author of many articles and books.

Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin B. Parker Professor of Law at Columbia Law School, and Professor of Law at the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), New York City. He was previosuly Chair for Competition Law at European University Institute, Florence and member of the Legal Affairs Division at the WTO. He is chief co-rapporteur at the American Law Institute (ALI) for the project "Principles Of International Trade Law: The WTO" and rapporteur for the ILA (International Trade Law Committee).

Michael Hahn is Jean Monnet Professor of European Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminal Sciences, University of Lausanne, and Academic Director of Faculty's LL.M. Programme.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a success not only because both theoretical and practical insights are put forward, but also because it reflects the geographical competence of the authors. Together they provide the reader with valuable information about the national laws and jurisprudence pertaining to trade in Japan, the USA and Europe."—Yearbook of European Law

"This is an important book that will become the benchmark for all that follow."—Legal Week

"There are academic books which become classics in their field shortly after publication. [This] book is such [an] example.[It is] already frequently cited and widely held to be authoritative."—European Journal of International Law (reviewed together with Lowenfeld: International Economic Law - 0-19-926411-2)

"If you want to learn about the WTO, this book is a great place to start. It is well written by acknowledged experts. It is a comprehensive overview of the subject and is written with a view to practice as well as academia ... For us impatient practitioners, it also has sensible and logical tables of contents and international legal sources."—Legal Week

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