Digest of Wto Jurisprudence on Public International Law Concepts and - Principle

A systematically organized digest of statements by WTO adjudicators on public international law concepts and principles.

List of contents

Foreword Joost Pauwelyn; 1. Admissibility and jurisdiction; 2. Attribution of conduct; 3. Breach of an obligation; 4. Conflicts between treaties; 5. Countermeasures; 6. Due process; 7. Evidence before international tribunals; 8. Good faith; 9. Judicial economy; 10. Municipal law; 11. Non-retroactivity; 12. Reasonableness; 13. Sources of international law; 14. Sovereignty; 15. Treaty interpretation; 16. Words and phrases considered.

About the author

Graham Cook is Counsellor with the Legal Affairs Division of the WTO Secretariat in Geneva. In that capacity, he has served as a legal advisor to numerous WTO dispute settlement panels.

Summary

WTO adjudicators have made statements on a wide range of general public international law concepts and principles, but they are buried in 350 decisions totalling 60,000 pages. This comprehensive and systematically organized digest makes this jurisprudence easily accessible to students and practitioners working in any field of international law.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Cook
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781107102767
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10276-7
• No. of pages: 413
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, LAW / International, Public International Law, International economic & trade law