Sovereignty, the WTO, and Changing Fundamentals of International Law

Thelastdecadeofthetwentiethcenturyandthefirstdecadeofthetwenty-firstcenturyhasbeenoneofthemostchallengingperiodsforthegenerallyacceptedassumptionsofinternationallaw.Thisbookgrappleswiththeselong-heldassumptions(suchastheconsentbasisofinternationallawnorms,equalityofnations,restrictiveortext-basedtreatyinterpretationsandapplications,themonopolyofinternalnationalpower,andnon-interference),andhowtheyarebeingfundamentallyalteredbytheforcesofglobalization.ItalsoexaminesthechallengesfacingtheWTOasacomponentofinternationaleconomiclaw,andhowthatfieldisinextricablylinkedtogeneralinternationallaw.