The WTO Case Law of 2001: The American Law Institute Reporters' Studies

Description

This book is the first in a new series of annual volumes which will be utilized in the development of an American Law Institute (ALI) project on World Trade Organisation Law. The project will undertake yearly analysis of the case law from the adjudicating bodies of the WTO. The Reporters' Studies for 2001 cover a wide range of WTO law ranging from classic trade in goods issues to intellectual property protection. Each case is jointly evaluated by well-known experts in trade law and international economics. The reporters critically review the jurisprudence of WTO adjudicating bodies and evaluate whether the ruling 'makes sense' from an economic as well as legal point of view, and if not, whether the problem lies in the interpretation of the law or the law itself. The studies do not cover all issues discussed in a case, but they seek to discuss both the procedural and the substantive issues that form the 'core' of the dispute.

Henrik Horn is Professor of International Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies of Stockholm University, Sweden. He has previously worked for the Economic research and Analysis Division of the world Trade Organisation, and has been a judge in the Swedish Market Court (supreme court for competition law). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the World Trade Review and is a member of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Petros C. Mavroidis is Professor of Law at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. He was previously Chair of Competition Law, European University Institute, Florence and a member of both the legal affairs division of the World Trade Organization and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He is Associate editor of the Journal of World Trade and a member of the Editorial board of the World Trade Review, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, and Columbia Journal of European Law.