Wednesday, June 13, 2012

New Issue: Trade, Law and Development

The latest issue of Trade, Law and Development (Vol. 4, no. 1, 2012) is out. This is a special issue on "Dispute Settlement at the WTO." Contents include:
  • Editorials
    • Prateek Bhattacharya & Jayant Raghu Ram, Settling Trade Disputes: Butter, Not Guns
    • Joel P Trachtman, The WTO, Legitimacy and Development
  • Articles
    • Gabrielle Marceau & Mikella Hurley, Transparency and Public Participation in the WTO: A Report Card on WTO Transparency Mechanisms
    • Jan Bohanes & Fernanda Garza, Going Beyond Stereotypes: Participation of Developing Countries in WTO Dispute Settlement
    • Simon Lester, The Development of Standards of Appellate Review for Factual, Legal and Law Application Questions in WTO Dispute Settlement
    • Sonia E. Rolland, Considering Development in the Implementation of Panel and Appellate Body Reports
    • Arthur Daemmrich, Epistemic Contests and Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil – USA Cotton Dispute and Incremental Balancing of Global Interests
  • Notes and Comments
    • Yonov Frederick Agah, WTO Dispute Settlement Body Developments in 2010: An Analysis
    • Claus D. Zimmermann, The Neglected Link Between the Legal Nature of WTO Rules, the Political Filtering of WTO Disputes, and the Absence of Retrospective WTO Remedies