The law and politics of WTO waivers : stability and flexibility in public international law / Isabel Feichtner.

The law and politics of WTO waivers : stability and flexibility in public international law /

"Despite being an important legal instrument in the law of the WTO, the waiver has hitherto been the subject of little scholarly analysis. Isabel Feichtner fills this gap by challenging the conventional view that the WTO's political bodies do not engage in significant law-making. She syste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Feichtner, Isabel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Series:Cambridge international trade and economic law.
Subjects:
World Trade Organization.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade > (1947 October 30)
Foreign trade regulation.
Foreign trade promotion.
Waiver.
Renunciation (Law)
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Why study the WTO waiver?
  • The flexibility challenge in public international law
  • The WTO : public law of conflict management
  • The waiver power and practice under the GATT 1947 and in the WTO
  • The law of waivers
  • The potential of the waiver as a flexibility device
  • The politics of the waiver process
  • Conclusion.

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