{"title":"The WTO Cathedral","authors":"J. Trachtman","doi":"10.1142/9789814635721_0013","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The only universal consequence of a legally binding promise is that the law makes the promisor pay damages if the promised event does not come to pass. According to conventional wisdom, it is a waste of time and money for developing countries to invoke the WTO's dispute settlement procedure against industrial countries.","PeriodicalId":44155,"journal":{"name":"Stanford Journal of International Law","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1142/9789814635721_0013","citationCount":"30","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Stanford Journal of International Law","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814635721_0013","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 30
Abstract
The only universal consequence of a legally binding promise is that the law makes the promisor pay damages if the promised event does not come to pass. According to conventional wisdom, it is a waste of time and money for developing countries to invoke the WTO's dispute settlement procedure against industrial countries.
期刊介绍:
Founded in 1966, the Stanford Journal of International Law is one of the oldest and most reputable international law journals in the United States. Publishing two regular issues each year, the journal seeks to promote scholarship of the highest quality through timely, innovative, and important pieces on international and comparative legal topics. The journal invites contributions from professors, practitioners, legislators, judges, and Stanford Law School students.