Key Issues in WTO Dispute Settlement The First Ten Years [Hardcover]

Examines the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system during the WTO's first ten years.This book is unique in that it includes contributions from virtually the entire gamut of actors involved in the day-to-day operation of the WTO dispute settlement system. It therefore provides fascinating insights into how the system has operated in practice.This book is unique in that it includes contributions from virtually the entire gamut of actors involved in the day-to-day operation of the WTO dispute settlement system. It therefore provides fascinating insights into how the system has operated in practice.This book examines aspects of the operation of the WTO dispute settlement system during the first ten years of the WTO. It covers a representative cross-section of the issues and situations WTO Members have dealt with under the Dispute Settlement Understanding. The book is unique in that it includes contributions from virtually the entire gamut of actors involved in the day-to-day operation of the WTO dispute settlement system: Member government representatives, private lawyers who litigate on behalf of Member governments in the system, Appellate Body members, Appellate Body Secretariat staff, and WTO Secretariat staff. It also includes contributions from several academics who closely follow and carefully scrutinize all that goes on within the system. It therefore provides fascinating insights into how the system has operated in practice, and how the lessons of the first decade can be applied to make the system even more successful in the years to come.Part I. Introduction and General Considerations: 1. The power of the WTO dispute settlement system Rufus Yerxa; 2. The WTO dispute settlement and general international law Georges Abi-Saab; Part II. The WTO Dispute Settlement System: Its Processes and its Institutions: 3. The WTO dispute settlement system and its operation: a brief overview of the first 10 years Bruce Wilson; 4. The role of the Dispute Settlement Body l��