The Appellate Body (AB) of the WTO has issued over 140 reports but only eight separate opinions, four of which are genuinely dissenting. Such paucity, in fact, is the WTO’s implicit tradition inherited from GATT of prioritizing unanimous decisions, hoping they solidify the institution’s legitimacy and countries’ confidence in the system. But at the more individual level, an AB member’s decision to dissent is driven by multiple factors that have implications for the institution’s jurisprudence. First, the factors explain how the symbiotic relationship between an AB member and his or her nominating country – whose interests turn out to be closely intertwined – is affected according to the former’s personal preferences. Moreover, a subset of t...
Introduction: The past two decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in international adjudic...
The functioning of the Appellate Body (AB) is virtually perfect in terms of collegial decision-makin...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system is facing unprecedented challenges, fol...
The Appellate Body (AB) of the WTO has issued over 140 reports but only eight separate opinions, fou...
The Appellate Body (AB) of the WTO has issued over 140 reports but only eight separate opinions, fou...
The WTO dispute settlement system is in crisis, following the decision of the United States to block...
This article is the first piece of scholarship to analyze in detail the fact that there has been alm...
The WTO dispute settlement system is in crisis, endangering the future of the organization. The prox...
Recent debates on the operation of the WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism have focused primarily on ...
This article examines the phenomena of dissent within WTO dispute settlement panels and within Appel...
This article examines the phenomena of dissent within WTO dispute settlement panels and within Appel...
This article examines the phenomena of dissent within WTO dispute settlement panels and within Appel...
In December 2019 the WTO Appellate Body (AB) will cease to operate unless the United States stops bl...
In a time of financial crisis and rising demand for economic protectionism, the World Trade Organiza...
Introduction: The past two decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in international adjudic...
Introduction: The past two decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in international adjudic...
The functioning of the Appellate Body (AB) is virtually perfect in terms of collegial decision-makin...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system is facing unprecedented challenges, fol...
The Appellate Body (AB) of the WTO has issued over 140 reports but only eight separate opinions, fou...
The Appellate Body (AB) of the WTO has issued over 140 reports but only eight separate opinions, fou...
The WTO dispute settlement system is in crisis, following the decision of the United States to block...
This article is the first piece of scholarship to analyze in detail the fact that there has been alm...
The WTO dispute settlement system is in crisis, endangering the future of the organization. The prox...
Recent debates on the operation of the WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism have focused primarily on ...
This article examines the phenomena of dissent within WTO dispute settlement panels and within Appel...
This article examines the phenomena of dissent within WTO dispute settlement panels and within Appel...
This article examines the phenomena of dissent within WTO dispute settlement panels and within Appel...
In December 2019 the WTO Appellate Body (AB) will cease to operate unless the United States stops bl...
In a time of financial crisis and rising demand for economic protectionism, the World Trade Organiza...
Introduction: The past two decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in international adjudic...
Introduction: The past two decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in international adjudic...
The functioning of the Appellate Body (AB) is virtually perfect in terms of collegial decision-makin...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system is facing unprecedented challenges, fol...