The Wto Dispute Settlement System: Challenges of the Environment, Legitimacy and Fragmentation Contributor(s): Kulovesi, Kati (Author) |
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ISBN: 9041134069 ISBN-13: 9789041134066 Publisher: Kluwer Law International OUR PRICE: $183.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Commercial - International Trade - Law | Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation |
Dewey: 347.09 |
LCCN: 2011290588 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.8" (1.32 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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:
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