Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415527125
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9781136214325
Series Statement:
Routledge Research in International Economic Law Series
Content:
This book debates the role played by the WTO in the environmental field, and it goes on to offer workable solutions for the international community in respect to the interaction between international trade and environmental law. The book addresses the development of environmental competency in the WTO and examines the arguments of those who oppose WTO rule making with impacts on the environment. The WTO's interactions with multilateral environmental agreements are considered and it also analyses recent WTO cases including the Shrimp/Turtle case and the Tuna/Dolphin case
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Table of Cases -- Table of GATT Agreements, WTO Agreements and Other International Treaties -- Table of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The development of a judicialised international trade dispute resolution system at the World Trade Organisation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Definition of judicialisation -- 1.2.1 Quasi-judicial? -- 1.2.2 International Law dispute resolution models -- 1.2.3 Tomuschat taxonomy of an international judicial body -- 1.3 Background to the GATT dispute resolution procedures -- 1.4 The development of the GATT/WTO dispute settlement procedures -- 1.5 The central tenet of the GATT system -- 1.6 Practical implementation of the GATT dispute settlement process -- 1.7 Understanding regarding notification, consultation, dispute settlement and surveillance -- 1.8 Drawbacks of the GATT dispute settlement process -- 1.9 The WTO and the Dispute Settlement Understanding -- 1.9.1 The Dispute Settlement Body -- 1.9.2 The panel -- 1.9.3 The Appellate Body -- 1.9.4 Negative consensus -- 1.9.5 Enforcement -- 1.10 Judicialised dispute resolution at the WTO -- 1.11 An arbitration or judicial system at the WTO? -- 1.12 Effectiveness of the WTO DSU -- 1.13 A study of the effectiveness of the WTO DSU -- 1.14 Conclusion -- 2 The WTO dispute resolution mechanism in comparison to other international regimes -- 2.1 The context of the WTO DSU in international dispute resolution organisations -- 2.2 The WTO DSU in the context of the International Court of Justice -- 2.3 The WTO DSU in the context of the European Court of Justice -- 2.4 The WTO DSU, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa -- 2.4.1 The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement -- 2.4.2 The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Court of Justice
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2.5 The WTO DSU in the context of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity -- 2.5.1 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species -- 2.5.2 The Convention on Biological Diversity -- 2.6 Conclusion -- 3 The role of previous decisions in the WTO DSU and their impact on member state behaviour -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 International law and reliance on dispute resolution decisions -- 3.3 Judicial decision making in the jurisprudence of the ICJ -- 3.4 Stare decisis and the International Court of Justice -- 3.5 Distinguishing a case at the International Court of Justice -- 3.6 Departing from a previous decision at the International Court of Justice -- 3.7 Summary of precedent in international law and the International Court of Justice -- 3.8 Precedent under the GATT 1947 -- 3.9 The judicialised WTO dispute resolution system and the role of precedent -- 3.10 Arguments against the existence of precedent in the WTO -- 3.11 Conclusion -- 4 Trade and environment in the international legal order -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Context of trade and environment in the international law arena -- 4.3 Free market economics and the environment -- 4.4 The environmental view of the trade-environment debate -- 4.5 The environmental law context -- 4.5.1 The Convention on Biological Diversity -- 4.5.2 The Kyoto Protocol on climate change -- 4.5.3 The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 The DSB and MEAs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Choosing a forum for dispute settlement -- 5.3 Dispute resolution mechanisms of Multilateral Environmental Agreements -- 5.3.1 CITES -- 5.3.2 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer -- 5.3.3 The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposals
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5.4 The Doha agenda and the MEA/WTO relationship -- 5.5 Commentaries on the WTO and its interaction with MEAS -- 5.6 Conclusion -- 6 Environment under the WTO and the CTE -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The environment under the WTO -- 6.2.1 The historical context -- 6.3 The WTO CTE terms of reference -- 6.3.1 The ten areas of work of the CTE -- 6.4 The Doha Development Agenda and the work of the Committee on Trade and Environment -- 6.5 Other areas of work of the CTE -- 6.5.1 TRIPS and the Committee on Trade and the Environment -- 6.5.2 Environmental labelling and the CTE -- 6.5.3 CTE work in relation to Article XX GATT -- 6.6 Impact of the CTE on the trade and environment debate -- 6.7 Conclusion -- 7 Application of Article XX in the trade-environment context -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Treaty rules of relevance to the trade-environment debate -- 7.2.1 The environment in other WTO agreements -- 7.2.2 The precautionary principle in the WTO agreements -- 7.3 Article XX and 'like' products -- 7.4 The operation of the dispute resolution system and environmental measures -- 7.4.1 The role of the panel in trade-environment dispute resolution -- 7.5 The interpretation of Article XX (g) through the DSU process -- 7.6 The interpretation of Article XX (b) through the DSU process -- 7.7 The chapeau of Article XX: tests for compliance -- 7.7.1 Tests to determine compliance of a measure with the WTO under the chapeau of Article XX -- 7.7.2 Environmental criticisms of the chapeau of Article XX tests -- 7.8 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Watson, James The WTO and the Environment Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415527125
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