Public participation and legitimacy in the WTO / Yves Bonzon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonzon, Yves, 1980- author.

Series:

Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 16.

Cambridge international trade and economic law ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Democracy.

Foreign trade regulation.

Law and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Public Participation & Legitimacy in the WTO

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Summary:

The legitimacy of the WTO's decision-making process has always been questioned, and many have advocated public participation mechanisms as a remedy. Yves Bonzon considers the limits and potential of these mechanisms by advancing a conceptual framework which distinguishes the four 'implementation parameters' of public participation: the goal, the object, the modalities, and the actors. He addresses the issue of legitimacy by considering to what extent, and by virtue of which legal developments, one can see implementing the democratic principle as a goal for public participation in the context of the WTO. By analysing the institutional structure of the WTO and its different types of decisions, he then outlines how this goal should influence the object and modalities of public participation, which decision-making procedures should be opened to public participation, and how the mechanisms should be implemented in practice. Finally, he suggests specific amendments to existing WTO arrangements on public participation.

Contents:

Part I. General notions

The notion of public participation : a conceptual framework

Legitimacy and the 'constitutionalization' of international law

Part II. The WTO regime

The WTO institutional structure

WTO decisions

Part III. Implementing public participation

Public participation's modalities : comparative analysis at the international level

Further formalizing public participation in the WTO decision-making

Final conclusion

Annexes. WTO documents on public participation (with proposals for amendments in italic).

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781316080733 (e-book)

9781107705609

9781107067820 (hbk.)