The demise of custom as a source of international law has been widely forecasted. This is
because both the nature and the relative importance of custom's constituent elements are …

Free trade policies, and the institutions that implement them, are at a turning point. Once the
concern of a handful of scholars and policymakers, trade institutions now draw mass public …

The most salient feature of dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the
possibility of authorizing a trade sanction against a scofflaw member government. This …

This book examines the growing interaction between private enterprises and public officials
to challenge foreign trade barriers. Building on more than one hundred interviews with …

Abstract Anne‐Marie Slaughter's application of so‐called 'liberal'theory to international law
leads to questionable descriptions of how 'liberal'or 'democratic'states behave, as well as …

No significant issue in international tax can be discussed without raising the question of
sovereignty. Does a particular outcome or position harm or infringe upon a nation's …

The contributors to this symposium, both principal authors and commentators, ably
demonstrate that there are indeed “overarching constructs” linking the subdisciplines of …

The people of a democracy must be mercifully soothed when they find themselves ruled by
the six men and one woman of the Appellate Body of the Dispute Settlement Body of the …

The use of international agreements as a means to influence domestic policy is often
underemphasized in the growing dialogue between international relations and international …

W HY does the United States ever prefer to settle disputes un-der a system of rules rather
than a system of negotiations? Power has its privileges, and one is the ability to control …