Book contents
- Reviews
- Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Unseen Actors in International Courts and Tribunals
- Part I Institutional Perspectives
- 2 The International Court of Justice
- 3 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- 4 International Arbitral Institutions
- 5 The World Trade Organization
- 6 The International Criminal Court
- 7 The European Court of Human Rights
- 8 The Court of Justice of the European Union
- Part II Nomination and Appointment
- Part III Case Management and Deference to the Bench
- Part IV Confidentiality and Transparency
- Part V Ethics and Accountability
- Part VI External Influences and Activities
- Epilogue
- Index
5 - The World Trade Organization
from Part I - Institutional Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 August 2019
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Book contents
- Reviews
- Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Unseen Actors in International Courts and Tribunals
- Part I Institutional Perspectives
- 2 The International Court of Justice
- 3 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- 4 International Arbitral Institutions
- 5 The World Trade Organization
- 6 The International Criminal Court
- 7 The European Court of Human Rights
- 8 The Court of Justice of the European Union
- Part II Nomination and Appointment
- Part III Case Management and Deference to the Bench
- Part IV Confidentiality and Transparency
- Part V Ethics and Accountability
- Part VI External Influences and Activities
- Epilogue
- Index
Summary
Lawyers are essential players in the multilateral trading system.2 In this chapter, we focus on one particular type of lawyer whose presence in the system has become increasingly prominent over the last sixty years – lawyers working in and for the Secretariats of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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