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The WTO dispute settlement system is unusually strong but not necessarily unique. How the Appellate Body reads the WTO covered agreements is not a matter of WTO law, it is a technique of general international law. The Appellate Body comes to interpretation from within its function in the WTO institution as a juridical body. This book explains how the Appellate Body approaches the interpretation of the WTO covered agreements, and contributes to a more general understanding of how treaties are interpreted in practice. It is as much about general international law as it is about WTO law.
Keywords: World Trade Organization, WTO, Appellate Body, treaty interpretation, Vienna Convention, dispute settlement, Law of Treaties
Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199562237 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2009 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562237.001.0001 |
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