Each year in May, leading academics, national and international policy-makers, judges, legal practitioners, and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives gather in London to discuss topical issues of the world trading system. London's annual World Trade Organization (WTO) conference organized jointly by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center has grown into the most important annual event of its kind in the field ...
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Each year in May, leading academics, national and international policy-makers, judges, legal practitioners, and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives gather in London to discuss topical issues of the world trading system. London's annual World Trade Organization (WTO) conference organized jointly by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center has grown into the most important annual event of its kind in the field. This book collects the presentations and discussions at the last two annual WTO conferences in 2005 and 2006. Each conference addressed a broad range of topics relating to the WTO dispute settlement system, such as treaty interpretation, the Appellate Body's role in public international law, the relevance of non-trade interests and values, challenges of compliance, and the principle of judicial economy. The conferences also examined broader institutional and co
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