"This book presents a history and analysis of the GATT legal system as it stands today at the beginning of the 1990s. Although the origins of GATT law go back to the GATT/ITO negotiations of 1946-1948 and beyond, the current legal system is largely the product of a reconstruction that took place from 1970 onwards. The book focuses on the evolution of GATT law during this modern period. It concentrates on the development of GATT's procedure for adjudicating legal disputes between member countries, known in GATT parlance as the "dispute settlement procedure"--The Preface, p. vii.
Note
Sequel to: The GATT legal system and world trade diplomacy. Fortsätter: The GATT legal system and world trade diplomacy.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-619), and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface : An outline of the study I. Introduction. 1. An introduction to the GATT 2. An overview of GATT legal history : 1948-1990 II. GATT law in the 1970s. 3. The policy background : 1970-1979 4. Dispute settlement in the 1970s 5. The DISC case III. GATT law in the 1980s. 6. The political and economic background : 1980-1989 7. The GATT agenda 1980-1985 : forward movement stalls 8. GATT dispute settlement : 1980-1985 9. The GATT agenda 1985-1990 : the effort to restructure GATT 10. GATT dispute settlement : 1985-1990 IV. Analysis and conclusions. 11. A statistical profile of GATT dispute settlement cases : 1948-1989 12. Where do things stand, and where are they going? Appendix.
1. Introduction : 1. An introduction to the GATT; 2. An overview of GATT legal history; 2. GATT law in the 1970s : 3. The policy background : 1970-1979; 4. Dispute settlement in the 1970s; 5. The DISC case; 3. GATT law in the 1980s : 6. The political and economic background : 1980-1989; 7. The GATT agenda 1980-1985 : forward movement stalls; 8. GATT dispute settlement : 1980-1985; 9. The GATT agenda 1985-1990 : the effort to restructure GATT; 10. GATT dispute settlement : 1985-1989; 4. Analysis and conclusions : 11. A statistical profile of GATT dispute settlement cases : 1948-1989; 12. Where do things stand, and where are they going?