Good Faith in the Jurisprudence of the WTO : The Protection of Legitimate Expectations, Good Faith Interpretation and Fair Dispute Settlement.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Acknowledgements -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Treaties, Statutes and Documents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts and Contents of Good Faith in International Law -- GOOD FAITH AND ITS SOURCES IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW -- GOOD FAITH PROTECTION AND CORROLARIES -- NORMATIVITY OF GOOD FAITH CONSIDERATIONS -- 3. Good Faith and its Corrolaries in the Law of the WTO Agreements -- CLASSIFICATIONS OF GOOD FAITH AND COROLLARIES IN WTO LAW -- GOOD FAITH AS GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF LAW -- PACTA SUNT SERVANDA -- DUTY TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH -- IMPLEMENTING WTO OBLIGATIONS IN GOOD FAITH -- ABUS DE DROIT DOCTRINE -- PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS -- EQUITY -- ESTOPPEL -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4. The Normativity of Good Faith in the WTO Legal System -- NORMATIVE FUNCTIONS: PRAETER, INFRA AND CONTRA LEGEM GOOD FAITH -- VARYING DEGREES OF NORMATIVITY -- 5. Scholarly Views and Judicial Arguments about the Functions of WTO Good Faith -- SCHOLARLY VIEWS ON THE ROLE OF GOOD FAITH IN WTO JURISPRUDENCE -- JUDICIAL VIEWS ON THE LIMITS OF GOOD FAITH IN WTO JURISDICTION -- 6. Protection of Legitimate Expectations as GATT-specific Good Faith -- ECONOMIC RATIONALE AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS -- FUNCTION AND CONTENT OF PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS -- THE NOTION OF 'EXTENDED' PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS IN THE KOREA-GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT PANEL REPORT -- REDEFINING THE RATIONALE OF PROTECTING LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7. Good Faith Interpretation of the WTO Agreements -- THE 'GENERAL RULE OF INTERPRETATION' IN THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES -- EARLY WTO CASE LAW REFERENCES TO 'GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION' -- 'GOOD FAITH INTERPRETATION' IN THE LIGHT OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS BY THE PANELS.

8. Good Faith Non-interpretation by the WTO Appellate Body -- LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS, GOOD FAITH INTERPRETATION AND 'SUBJECTIVE' INTENTIONS -- REJECTION OF THE PANELS' OBJECTIVE GOOD FAITH INTERPRETATION -- CLASSICAL WTO APPELLATE PRACTICE -- DOCTRINAL ANALYSIS: KEY ELEMENTS OF CLASSIC APPELLATE BODY INTERPRETATIVE PRACTICE -- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: THE INTERPRETIVE METHODS OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS -- THE PROGRESSIVE INTERPRETATIVE PRACTICE OF THE WTO APPELLATE BODY -- 9. Towards a WTO-specific Good Faith Interpretation? -- THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3.2 OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING FOR WTO INTERPRETATION -- THE PRINCIPLE OF EFFECTIVENESS IN WTO TREATY INTERPRETATION -- 'GOOD FAITH INTERPRETATION' OF FUTURE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS -- 10. Good Faith Rules and Procedures of WTO Disupte Settlement -- RULES AND PROCEDURES OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT -- THE TERM 'PROCEDURAL' GOOD FAITH -- THE PROCEDURAL GOOD FAITH STANDARD OF 'FAIR, PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE' DISPUTE RESOLUTION -- PROCEDURAL GOOD FAITH OBLIGATIONS OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT'S LEGES GENERALES -- PROCEDURAL GOOD FAITH OBLIGATIONS OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT'S LEGES SPECIALES -- 11. The Good Faith Standard of Factual Review -- 'AN EGREGIOUS ERROR . . . CALLS INTO QUESTION THE GOOD FAITH OF A PANEL' -- THE GOOD FAITH STANDARD FOR APPELLATE REVIEW OF FACTUAL CONCLUSIONS -- REPLACING THE GOOD FAITH STANDARD OF FACTUAL REVIEW WITH THE GOOD FAITH OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 12. Legitimate Expectations as to the Precedential Value of Dispute Settlement Reports -- THE WTO-SPECIFIC BASIS OF THE PRINCIPLE OF PROTECTION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATION -- THE TRIANGLE OF PROCEDURAL GOOD FAITH -- 13. Conclusions -- THE RULE OF WTO GOOD FAITH -- THE ENFORCEABILITY OF WTO GOOD FAITH -- Bibliography -- Index.

The book describes how, why and when the concept of good faith links the WTO Agreements with other public international norms.

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