Based on author's thesis (doctoral - European University Institute, 2016) issued under title: Transparency and dispute settlements : a study of the agreements on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Why The SPS And TBT Agreements? : A Legal Discipline Favouring Regulatory Quality -- Transparency as a Substitute for Dispute Settlement : The Most Effective Compliance Tool in the WTO? -- Transparency as a Complement for Dispute Settlement: Information and Dialogue To Favour a Mutually Acceptable Solution -- Is the Current Interaction Between Transparency and Dispute Settlement Optimal?
Summary:
"With these words, American Associate Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis was one of the pioneers in bringing transparency into the American legal system. His metaphor of sunlight and its "disinfectant" benefits has been cited extensively in domestic law to describe transparency policies and to express their potential advantages. Recently, Mavroidis and Wolfe have applied this image to the WTO context, noting that "transparency contributes more to social order than does coercion" and "Transparency ought to improve the operation of the trading system by allowing verification by all Members that national law, policy, and implementation achieve the objective intended by the agreements." Taking this now famous image as a starting point to study transparency in WTO Law, this book explores the provisions within the WTO Agreements that set an obligation of transparency, in a way that 'purifies' or 'disinfects' trade regulations. In other words, the provisions that encourage Members to share information in a way that results in better compliance with WTO obligations"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.