The WTO Case Law of 2004-5

This book brings together the 2004-2005 output of the American Law Institute (ALI) project on World Trade Organization Law. Each chapter focuses on a different dispute from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. Each case is jointly evaluated by well known experts in trade law and international economics. ALI reporters critically review the jurisprudence of WTO adjudicating bodies and evaluate whether the ruling 'makes sense' from an economic as well as a legal point of view, and, if not, whether the problem lies in the interpretation of the law or the law itself. The studies do not always cover all issues discussed in a case, but they seek to discuss both the procedural and the substantive issues that form, in the reporters' view, the 'core' of the dispute. This paperback will be an invaluable resource for students, lecturers and practitioners of international trade law.

Henrik Horn, Professor of International Economics, is Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the World Trade Review and is a member of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He has previously worked for the Economic Policy Research and Analysis Division of the World Trade Organization, and has been a judge on the Swedish Market Court (supreme court for competition law). Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin B. Parker Professor at Columbia Law School, Professor at the University of Neuchatel, and a member of the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He was previously Chair of Competition Law, EUI, Florence, and a member of the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization.