The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy

Authors

Mitsuo Matsushita, University of Tokyo
Thomas J. Schoenbaum, University of Washington School of LawFollow
Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law SchoolFollow
Michael Hahn, Universität BernFollow

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Publication Date

2015

Description

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.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | International Economics | International Law | International Trade Law | Law | Law and Economics | Legislation

ISBN

9780199571857

Publisher

Oxford University Press

City

Oxford, UK

Reviews

"A (welcome) different perspective on the WTO."
—Ralph Janik, Austrian Review of International and European Law

Comments

Also available as an eBook.

Recommended Citation

Matsushita, Mitsuo; Schoenbaum, Thomas J.; Mavroidis, Petros C.; and Hahn, Michael, "The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy" (2015). Faculty Books. 131.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/131