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WTO, Governance and the Limits of Law book cover

1st Edition

WTO, Governance and the Limits of Law

By Jens Mortensen Copyright 2005
208 Pages
by Routledge

This book takes a critical look at the legalization of multilateral trade governance. It inquires into the process whereby GATT was transformed into the WTO, and asks to what extent WTO governance has become legalistic, and if so, whether the legalization process has produced a more stable and legitimate process of multilateral trade governance. The author attempts to bridge the legal and... Read more

1. The WTO and the Governance of Globalisation  2. Approaches to the Study of Legalisation and Globalisation  3. Globalisation and the Transformation of the GATT  4. The WTO Dispute Settlement System: The Gravity Centre in WTO Governance  5. The Minimalist WTO Organisation: The Legacy of the GATT  6. The WTO Network: Exploring Alternative Modes of WTO Governance  7. WTO Practice in Critical Areas: Shrimps, Hormones and Bananas  8. Limits of WTO Legalisation: The Imperfections of the Global Polity  9. Conclusion: The Politics and Prospects of Reforming the WTO

Biography

Jens Mortensen is an Assistant Professor in the University of Aarhus's Department of Political Science. His current research interest is the impact of economic globalisation - and in particular, the WTO - on international environmental politics and law.

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