Sovereignty, the WTO, and Changing Fundamentals of International Law

John H. Jackson is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.

• Part I. Challenges to International Law Fundamental Assumptions: 1. Introduction: International law and international economic law in the interdependent world of the twenty-first century; 2. The real world impinges on international law: exploring the challenges to the fundamental assumptions of international law and institutions; 3. Sovereignty modern: a new approach to an outdated concept; Part II. The WTO: 4. The WTO as international organization: institutional evolution, structure and key problems; 5. The WTO dispute settlement system; Part III. The Search for Solutions: 6. Policy, analytical approaches and thought experiments; 7. Illustrative applications; 8. Perspectives, implications, and some conclusions.

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