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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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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Cambridge international trade and economic law ;
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| Online Access: | http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/12899/cover/9781107012899.jpg |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Why study the WTO waiver?; Part I. The Flexibility Challenge in Public International Law and the WTO in Particular: 2. The flexibility challenge in public international law; 3. The WTO - public law of conflict management; Part II. The Practice and Law of Waivers: 4. The waiver power and practice under the GATT 1947 and in the WTO; 5. The law of waivers; Part III. The Potential of Waivers to Address the Flexibility Challenge in Public International Law: 6. The potential of the waiver as a flexibility device; 7. The politics of the waiver process; 8. Conclusion.