The Constitutionalization of the World Trade Organization: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Community in the International Trading System (International Economic Law Series)
By Deborah Z. Cass.
Description
What is the World Trade Organization? Has it become a type of a "constitution"? Will it curb international trade discrimination and open up markets for developing countries, or will it prevent States from choosing the economic systems they want? This book untangles debates about constitutionalization and argues that the WTO is not, and should not, be described as a constitution by the standards of any conventional definition, or by the lights of any constitution to which we ought to aspire. Under current models, a constitutionalized WTO may curtail the ability of states to decide ...
ISBN(s)
0199285845, 9780199285846
