Product Line | Kluwer Law International |
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Product SKU | 10059630-0001 |
ISBN-13 | 9789041134066 |
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Last Updated | 2011-08-25 |
Tensions between economic interests and environmental protection have assumed
crisis proportions in awareness at every level of society. In particular, the
World Trade Organization has become entangled in controversies related to
legitimacy, democracy, environmental protection, and fragmentation of
international law, fuelling a contentious debate on the use (or abuse) of
environmental norms at the WTO. To a greater degree than any comparable
treatment, this book focuses on the role of the WTO dispute settlement system
in addressing trade-environment conflicts. Highlighting the ways in which
environmental issues challenge the legitimacy of WTO jurisprudence, it
considers such relevant core issues as the following:
About the Author.
List of Abbreviations.
Preface and Acknowledgement.
Part I Introduction.
Part II Overview: The WTO, Legitimacy and the Environment.
Chapter 1 The WTO, Legitimacy and New Trends in International Law.
Chapter 2 The WTO and the Challenge of Environmental Linkages.
Chapter 3 Environmental Disputes in the WTO Dispute Settlement System.
Chapter 4 International Law in the WTO Dispute Settlement System.
Part III Analysis: The WTO Dispute Settlement System, Legitimacy and Fragmentation.
Chapter 5 Fragmented Landscapes: WTO Dispute Settlement System and International Environmental Law.
Chapter 6 The Other Dimension of Legitimacy: Why 'Importing' Substantive Legitimacy Is Not the Answer.
Chapter 7 The WTO Dispute Settlement System and Fragmentation of International Law: The Case of Climate Change.
Part IV Conclusions.
Bibliography.
Index.
"Overall, this book would be of special interest and importance to lawyers practicing international trade and environmental law, governmental officials dealing with trade and environmental policy, as well as academics and students. It provide readers with valuable insights into the relations between the WTO dispute settlement system and international law in its present highly specialized and fragmented state."
by Dmytro Galagan in Association of International Arbitration Newsletter, November 2012
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