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The WTO: Governance, Dispute Settlement & Developing Countries
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Multi-level Judicial Trade Governance without Justice? On the Role of Domestic Courts in the WTO Legal and Dispute Settlement System
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
Law, according to Fuller, regulates social life not only by “subjecting human conduct to the governance of rules,” but also by aiming to establish a just order and procedures for the fair resolution of disputes. The understanding of law as a struggle for just rules and fair procedures goes back to ancient Greek legal philosophy and, since the democratic revolutions of the 18th century, has become ever more widespread in constitutional, democratic and judicial discourse. Modern constitutional...
About the Author:
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is a Professor of International and European Law at the European University Institute.